Figure "bangala" ·  Burkina Faso, Dagari/Bobo Dioulasso · ID: 3033910

Description

wood, encrusted greyish brown patina, highly abstract in form, in the shape of a reversed “Y”, cracks, traces of weathering, minor missing parts, on metal plate;
not until 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 3033910 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 130 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.

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