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Collections

Unknown
Funerary Figure

Not on view
Hammered brass reliquary head with large winged headdress, beaded border trim, and ridged oval face with semicircular brow forms, on a coiled metal neck

Unknown, Funerary Figure, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Phil Berg Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Funerary Figure
Culture
Fang peoples
Place Made
Africa, Gabon
Medium
Copper, brass, wood
Dimensions
Height: 24 1/8 in. (61.28 cm)
Credit Line
The Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.351
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
African Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.