Figure "bangala" · Burkina Faso, Dagari · ID: 3033132
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1985)
Description
wood, encrusted greyish brown patina, highly abstract in form, in the shape of a reversed “Y”, simplified facial features, cracks, traces of weathering, minor missing parts, on metal plate;
in the nineties of the last century the Dagaris phallic conceived abstract ancestor figures came to be known overseas. Each of these figures represents a deceased family member. They were placed on the ancestor shrines of families and were used in the ancestral cult.
The object Figure “bangala” with the object ID 3033132 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 104 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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Comparing literature
Förster, Till, Skulptur in Westafrika, Freiburg im Breisgau 1995, p. 122