Initiation post · Tanzania, Morogoro Region / Nguru Mountains, Kaguru / Sagara / Luguru · ID: 3049078
South German Private Collection
Description
wood, traces of weathering, base
These posts formed the center pole in initiation huts for young girls.
Meurant reports about forty of these posts collected in the vicinity of Morogoro. Jahn reproduces a selection of them in the form of sketches, one of which largely corresponds to the present one (Jahn, 1994, S. 223 V / 7).
According to Meurant, the posts, which show more or less stylized breasts and a head, represent the mother with whom the young girls are supposed to identify.
The object Initiation post with the object ID 3049078 was part of the auction 99th Auction on November 12, 2022. The object with the lot number 363 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200 with an asking price of EUR 900.
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Comparing literature
Jahn, Jens (Hg.), Tanzania, München 1994, p. 223 V/7