Figure masculine "bangala"
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- Figure masculine "bangala"
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87e vente aux enchères Tribal ArtFigure masculine "bangala"
Burkina Faso, Dagari
Provenance | Taille | Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation |
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Günther Filla, Bochum, Germany | H: 21 cm | Cet objet n’est plus disponible. |
wood, brown patina, metal ring, upper part of the body partly wrapped with cloth, sacrificial traces (et. al. feathers), min. dam., cracks, base.
Not until the 1990s the Dagaris phallic conceived abstract ancestor figures came to be known overseas. Each of these figures represents a deceased family member. They were placed on the ancestor shrines of families and were used in the ancestral cult.