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Fang Information
Location:Southern Gabon, Cameroon
Population:800,000
Language:Equatorial Bantu
Neighboring Peoples:Kwele, Lumbu, Teke
Types of Art:The Fang are best known for their wooden reliquary figures which are abstract anthropomorphic carvings. There are a few in collections that are still attached to the original relics they were meant to protect.
History:The Fang migrated into their current area from the northeast in recent centuries as small groups or families of nomadi ...
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