Half figure "iran" · Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo · ID: 3051847
Starting price
EUR 1,000
Estimated price
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Pierre Bergé & Associés, Brussels, BelgiumFrench Private Collection
Olaf Pfennig, Hannover, Germany
Size
H: 32 cm
H: 12.6 inch
Description
wood, fabric, metal, pigments,
The general term for those Bidjogo figures is “iran”, a Creole word, although each such image also bears a more specific name. An “iran” can belong to an individual or to an entire village. In either instance it is given offerings and appealed for a wide range of personal and communal concerns such as bountiful crops, civil disputes and illness.
Comparing literature
The Harry Eiteljorg Collection, Indianapolis 1976, p. 56 f.