The ancestor figures establish the show's supernatural mood.

On an ancestor figure depicting a man, his ribs appear to be birds.

Beli Mawr is an ancestor figure mentioned in various sources.

Perhaps he was referring to the imposing ancestor figures, of which there are four in the show.

The looming ancestor figure dominating this display case stands with a child between its legs.

Some may have been ritual objects, ancestor figures or even children's toys.

He started by pairing ancestor figures with cooking pots and found objects, like a pesticide can.

Around the corner is a six-foot-tall tattooed ancestor figure from New Guinea.

He's inordinately fond of an ancestor figure, presumably a king, from Congo; it seems a good king is hard to find.

It is one of perhaps 1,000 such ancestor figures, on whose spirits the island's art and religion were centered.