Male ancestor figure "kpin sebla" · Burkina Faso, Dagari · ID: 3048696

Name: Male ancestor figure "kpin sebla"
SKU: 3048696
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Reinier Lucassen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Dutch painter of the New Figuration or The New Vision Group)

Size

H: 60,5 cm

H: 23.8 inch

Description

wood, encrusted sacrificial patina, base

It was not until the 1990s that these “phallic” Dagari sculptures, abstracted into an inverted “Y”, became known to wider circles.

The Dagari are relatives of the Lobi, who live in the southwest of Burkina Faso and the northwest of Ghana.

Each of these figures represents a deceased family member. They are placed on family altars and at shrines and serve the ancestor cult. They are sacrificed with millet beer, millet porridge or the blood of sacrificial animals.

The object Male ancestor figure “kpin sebla” with the object ID 3048696 was last part of the auction Online Auction at September 27, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 186.

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