Female memorial post "wa(a)ga" · Ethiopia, Konso / Gato · ID: 3048402
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Size
H: 110 cm
H: 43.3 inch
Description
wood, red ochre, bone (goat),
These anthropomorphic death poles were erected to commemorate highly appreciated ancestors.
Originally, they were always united in groups. In the centre stood the post of the deceased, surrounded by sculptures representing the enemies he had killed and his wives who had already died when the post was erected.
The object Female memorial post “wa(a)ga” with the object ID 3048402 was last part of the auction Online Auction at September 27, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 293.
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Comparing literature
Greve, Anna & Kerstin Volker-Saad (Hg.), Äthiopien und Deutschland, München, Berlin 2006, p. 226 f.