Figure "bangala" ·  Burkina Faso, Dagari · ID: 3035772

Description

wood, encrusted greyish brown patina, facial features and gender indicated, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
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 3035772 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 63 achieved a sales price of EUR 50.

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