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