Female ancestor post "waga" or "waka" · Ethiopia, Konso / Gato · ID: 3041691
not available anymore
Provenance
Collection Sachau-Zeies, Wittlich, GermanySize
H: 101 cm
H: 39.8 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Greve, Anna & Kerstin Volker-Saad (Hg.), Äthiopien und Deutschland, München, Berlin 2006, p. 226