Equatorial Guinea
1923-1930
Dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera
The colonized territories of the Gulf of Guinea are merged as the colony of Spanish Guinea
1936
During the Civil War, Spanish Guinea joins the uprising against the Republic
1939-1975
Francisco Franco’s dictatorship in Spain
1959
The Spanish territories of the Gulf of Guinea acquire the status of provinces
1968
Proclamation of the independence of Equatorial Guinea
Gabinete Fang
1949
Inauguration of the Ethnological and Colonial Museum of Barcelona
1949-1956
Drawings of tattoos by Sabater i Pi
(creation of the originals)
1957
Copies and cataloguing: The draftsman José Barberá Farrás copies Sabater’s drawings for inclusion in “graphic catalog”
1958
Reproductions for the Museum of Santa Isabel
1992
Publication of the book Els tatuatges dels Fang de L’Àfrica Occidental
(Tattoos of the Fang of West Africa)
2023
Installation and website Gabinete Fang, KJCC, NYU