Cameroon Africa Fang Mask Sculpture Reliquary
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Cameroon Africa Fang Mask Sculpture Reliquary:
$65.00
Gorgeous reliquary statue handmade by the Fang people of Cameroon. Materials: wood, brass, plastic beads and molded black resin/plaster. Very good condition, a few beads missing from nose area and eyebrows, see pics. Purchased in Cameroon by the seller in 1992.
Measurements (inches): 24.5\" x 9\"
Fang,also spelledFãn, Bantu-speaking peoples occupying the southernmost districts ofCameroonsouth of theSanaga River, mainlandEquatorial Guinea, and the forests of the northern half ofGabonsouth to the Ogooué River estuary. They numbered about 3,320,000 in the late 20th century.
The Fang speak languages of the Bantu subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family. They can be divided into three linguistic groups: (1) theBetito the north, the main tribes being theYaunde, or Éwondo, and Bene; (2) theBulu, including theBuluproper, Fong, Zaman, and Yelinda; and (3) the Fang in the south, including the Fang proper, Ntumu, and Mvae.
According to tradition the Fang migrated into the forest from the savanna plateau on the right bank of the Sanaga River at the beginning of the 19th century. They were fine warriors and hunters and cultivated a reputation forcannibalismin order to repel outsiders and attacks from others.
The Fang kinship system is strongly patrilineal, with large, patriarchal families and out-marrying clans traced through the male line. Among the southern Fang there is little political organization, whereas in the north some Beti groups haveclanchiefs.
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Cameroon Africa Fang Mask Sculpture Reliquary:
$65.00