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Elemento scultoreo proveniente dal gruppo di un reliquiario

19th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 344
Quest’opera, la più monumentale tra le teste a sé stanti pervenuteci ad opera dei maestri Fang delle regioni equatoriali dell’Africa durante il XIX secolo, appartiene a una tradizione in cui sculture raffiguranti i progenitori di una stirpe estesa vengono collocate in cima ad altari di famiglia amovibili, atti a contenere preziose reliquie. Separata dal resto all’inizio del Novecento, questa scultura divenne una fonte di ispirazione per gli artisti dell’Occidente. Acquistato dal poeta cileno Vicente Huidobro subito dopo il suo arrivo a Parigi nel 1918, fu forse fonte di ispirazione per il poema Ecuatorial, da lui dedicato a Picasso.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Elemento scultoreo proveniente dal gruppo di un reliquiario
  • Data: XIX-inizi del XX secolo
  • Area geografica: Gabon
  • Cultura: Popolazioni Fang, gruppo etnico Betsi
  • Materiale e tecnica: Legno, metallo, olio di palma
  • Dimensioni: 46,5 x 24,8 x 16,8 cm
  • Crediti: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, lascito di Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
  • Numero d'inventario: 1979.206.229
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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