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Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary

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		Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble: Seated Female (The Pahouin or Black Venus) Fang peoples, Betsi group; Gabon, 19th century Musée Dapper, Paris 2891 Ex colls.: Georges de Miré, Paris; Louis Carré, Paris, 1935; Sir Jacob Epstein, London; The Carlo Monzino Collection, Lugano

		Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble: Head Fang peoples, Betsi group; Gabon, 19th century Musée Dapper, Paris 2664 Ex colls.: Joseph Brummer, Paris, ca. 1911; Sir Jacob Epstein, London, 1947; The Carlo Monzino Collection, Lugano

		Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble Kota peoples, Mindumu group; Gabon, Upper Ogooué River, 19th century Musée du Quai Branly, Paris 71.1884.37.22 Ex colls.: Attilio Pecile and Jacques de Brazza, France, 1884; Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, Paris, 1884–86; Musée de l'Homme, Paris

		Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble Kota peoples; Gabon, 19th– first half of 20th century Private collection Ex coll.: Buru Family, France

		Reliquary Ensemble Kota peoples, Mindumu group; Gabon, 19th century Musée du Quai Branly, Paris 71.1897.39.1 Ex colls.: Charles Vital Roche, France, before 1897; Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, Paris, 1897; Musée de l'Homme, Paris

		Reliquary: Standing Female Figure Kota peoples, Mbete group; Republic of Congo, 19th century Private collection (formerly Collection of André Fourquet, Paris) Ex colls.: Aristide Courtois, French colonial administrator in Middle Congo 1910–1941; Charles Ratton, Paris; Louis Marcoussis, Paris; Jean Roudillon and Olivier Le Corneur (Galerie Le Corneur-Roudillon), Paris; André Fourquet, Paris

		Reliquary Ensemble: Female Half-Figure Punu peoples; Gabon, 19th century Musée du Quai Branly, Paris 71.1943.0.433 Ex coll.: Musée de l'Homme, Paris

		**Beete Mask: Ram (Bata)** Kwele peoples; Gabon or Republic of Congo, 19th–20th century Private collection Ex coll.: Gustave and Franyo Schindler, New York

		**Beete Mask: Antelope (Booang)** Kwele peoples; Gabon or Republic of Congo, 19th–20th century Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva 1019–49

		Ntsambi pluriarc Lumbo or Punu peoples; Gabon, 19th–20th century Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington (77.34.3)

		Reliquary with contents Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Kushan period, ca. 1st–3rd century The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 (1987.142.44a–m)

		Reliquary bust of Saint Yrieix French (Haute-Vienne), Church of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, second quarter of 13th century The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.352a,b)

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