Fang Mask - 185.1 Jesus birth Each shield is carved from

Each shield is carved from a single piece of Baobab wood — a sacred wood used for medicinal and ritual purposes for centuries — then wrapped in woven manila string in a pattern around a central marble bead

Traditionally used in spiritual rituals

Originally these would have been used for tea and sugar

5cm (standing figure) — 1:87 (HO) scale

Fang Mask - 185.1 Jesus birth Each shield is carved fromA hand carved Fang Ngil mask from Gabon Hand carved in the tradition of the Fang people of Gabon, whose white faced Ngil masks are celebrated for their elegant abstraction of the human face the heart shaped hollow, the long tapering nose and serene, closed features. Worn by initiates of the Ngil society, the masqueraders would appear by torchlight after dark. As a decorative piece it reads as pure sculpture striking hung on a wall or leaned as a