Monumental Byeri ancestor head

This magnificent head is among the most famous works of African Art. This Great Byeri is the largest of the known Fang heads which has been rendered on such monumental scale, and through such equilibrated curved lines. (L. Perrois, 2006, p.39).The huge circular eyes, applied by metallic disks, that in the original dimly lit hut, where the reliquaries were kept, probably gave the impression of menacing stare serving as the guardian of the sacra relics