Commemorative figure "ngya" · Sudan, Bongo · ID: 3045476
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Description
wood, scorch marks, base
This grave figure represents a deceased Bongo hunter. The unusual headgear must have distinguished him already during his lifetime.
The Bongo hunting people live in southern Sudan, a region that is mainly grassland.
The traditional burial cult of the Bongo is directly related to their hunting rituals and the construction of a burial mound is figuratively the last festival to be held in honor of a hunter.
This ensemble of wooden monuments and the scale of the feast confirm the title and rank attained by the deceased during his lifetime, and ensure that he maintains that place of distinction in the afterlife.
The object Commemorative figure “ngya” with the object ID 3045476 was last part of the auction 91 Tribal Art Auction at March 9, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 86.
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Exhibition
Düsseldorf, André Kirbach, Ausgesuchte Stammeskunst, 21 October 2003 - 22 February 2004