Anthropomorphic panel "depoe" · Ethiopia, Gurage · ID: 3046473
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”.
The object Anthropomorphic panel “depoe” with the object ID 3046473 was part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction on March 7, 2020. The object with the lot number 101 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,300 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.
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AHDRC: 0170803