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Mask Lumbo grid — This mask is used by dancers in performances during burial rites

Punu-Lumbo mask, from Gabon

by Minneapolis Institute of Art

Kota reliquary figure (mbulu ngulu), late 19th to early 20th century, Gabon, wood, copper, brass, and bone, 59.69 cm high (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) — These reliquary figures helped a nomadic society to honor their loved ones after death.

Kota reliquary (mbulu ngulu)

by Dr. Kathryn Wysocki Gunsch and Dr. Steven Zucker

Female reliquary, Fang peoples — The Fang peoples commemorated their ancestors with carved reliquary figures that they honored with offerings.

Female Figure from a Reliquary Ensemble (Fang ...

by Dr. Christa Clarke

Reliquary figure, Fang peoples — These figures look calm and contemplative, but also display real strength and vitality in their muscular forms.

Male Reliquary Guardian Figure (Fang peoples)—video

by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Peri Klemm