Lot 611

A large Fang Bieri Reliquary Figure with Feathers. Bieri figures exemplify the qualities the Fang admire in people: tranquillity, vitality, and the ability to hold opposites in equilibrium. These ideals are exhibited in the balanced forms of the figures. The large head of an infant is juxtaposed with the fully developed body of an adult. Equatorial Guinea H 120 without plumage. Swiss collection