Female ancestor post "waga" or "waka" ·  Ethiopia, Konso / Gato · ID: 3041691

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, drilled holes in the eye zone recognizable, incised six-strand necklace, knotholes, traces of weathering, cracks, insect caused missing parts (bottom), metal base;
the figure presumably once was applied with disc-shaped eyes from horn or ostrich egg shells which are now missing. Newly carved figures were painted with red ochre; teeth were made from goat bones.

The object Female ancestor post “waga” or “waka” with the object ID 3041691 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 479.

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Comparing literature

Greve, Anna & Kerstin Volker-Saad (Hg.), Äthiopien und Deutschland, München, Berlin 2006, p. 226