bieri

Identification code: 300262978

Español: bieri | Català: eyema byeri

Hierarchy classification:

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Objects Facet
Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
Visual Works (hierarchy name)
visual works (works)
[visual works by material or technique]
sculpture (visual works)
[sculpture by subject type]
figurines

Additional parents:

top of the aat hierarchies
Objects Facet
Visual and Verbal Communication
Visual Works
visual works
visual works by material or technique
sculpture
sculpture by function
reliquary figures

Alternative term/s

byeri
eyema
nlo byeri

Anotations

Scope note:

Sculpted human figures or heads attached to the reliquaries of deceased Fang elders, which function as a symbolic evocation of the ancestor as well as a guardian of the relics.

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