Fang Mabéa statue, Gabon, c. 1970

The Fang people as a whole practice a cult dedicated to the lineages of their ancestors, the Mabéa, whose aim is to protect themselves from the deceased and to request their help in matters of daily life. This family cult does not monopolize the religious universe of Fang, since it coexists with other beliefs and rituals of a more collective nature. Carved with great simplicity, while displaying a high degree of sophistication in the coordination of rounded forms. The neck is usually cylindrical in shape. The arms have various positions: the hands together in front of the body, sometimes holding an object, holding a container, attached to it, and hands resting on the knees in seated figures. Reproduced: Catalogue “Africa Babel: the Art of a Continent”, p.- 95 left Height: 45 cm
 
Exhibitions:
2022-2024 Island of Fuerteventura “Art Africa: Ancestral Light”. Lighthouse of the Entallada. Cabildo of Fuerteventura.
2021-2022 Panama City. Government of Panama. “Art Africa: the spirit of the ancestors”. Ministry of Culture Headquarters. Casco Viejo.
2019-2020 Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Caja Canarias Foundation. “Africa-Babel: the art of a Continent”. Headquarters Plaza Patriotismo.
2013-2015 Museum of Art of Africa and Oceania (Madao). La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia.
2005 “Black Africa”, Leather Museum.
2004 “Black Africa”. Caixa Laietana Foundation, Barcelona. Main exhibition hall