Pigmeo Mortuorium Milk
Fang · Gabon
Reference: VAR-38
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- Height
- 32 cm
- Material
- Wood and rope.
Mortuary bed of pygmy fang. Usually in many African ethnicities when a person dies is placed on a bed that settles in a central place of…
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Full original description
Mortuary bed of pygmy fang. Usually in many African ethnicities when a person dies is placed on a bed that settles in a central place of the village on an elevation prepared for this purpose and remains for three days in the public eye and receives the funeral honors of his fellow citizens while the wailing ones do not cease to cry day and night. This is what I've had to live on more than one occasion.
Further technical information
- Width
- 138 cm
- Attributed period
- First third century XX or older
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Gabon. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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