FIG. 5 (above):
Reliquary fi gure.
Ambete, Gabon.
19th or early 20th century.
Wood, pigment. H: 71 cm.
Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques
Chirac, inv. 73.1963.0.67.1-5.
© MQB-JC. Photo: Hughes Dubois.
FIG. 6 (right):
Reliquary fi gure.
Ambete, Gabon.
19th or early 20th century.
Wood, leather, pigment, glass.
H: 66.5 cm.
Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques
Chirac, inv. 73.1963.0.66.
© MQB-JC. Photo: Thierry Ollivier,
Michel Urtado.
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FIG. 8 (right):
Mask, ngil. Fang, Gabon.
19th century.
Wood, kaolin, brass tacks.
H: 69 cm.
Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques
Chirac, inv. 71.1965.104.1.
© MQB-JC. Photo: Claude Germain.
FIG. 7 (above):
Mask. Punu, Gabon.
19th century.
Blackened wood. H: 46 cm.
Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques
Chirac, inv. 70.2004.1.2.
© MQB-JC. Photo: Patrick Gries,
Bruno Descoings.