Anthropomorphic panel "depoe"
Ethiopia, Gurage
sold
EUR 1,300
Provenance
(coll. in situ, 2004)Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Size
H: 179 cm
H: 70.5 inch
Description
wood, thickly encrusted red and black pigment, flaked in some places, loamy mass (backside), base
These panels, in the form of a stylized human figure, are said to have been placed at the foot of the bed. The Gurage referred to them as “guardians of the sleep”.
Publications
AHDRC: 0170803