This mask is used by dancers in performances during burial rites Punu-Lumbo mask, from Gabon by Minneapolis Institute of Art
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
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
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