Male ancestor figure "kpin sebla" · Burkina Faso / Ghana, Dagaaba (Dagaare / Dagari) · ID: 3049998
Starting price
EUR 650
Estimated price
EUR 800
Provenance
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, AustriaSize
H: 97 cm
H: 38.2 inch
Description
wood, signs of age and weathering
Ancestor sculptures, known as “kpin sebla”, were set up in hidden places or in shrines, and were only allowed to be seen by initiates. These figures received sacrificial offerings of millet, millet gruel or the blood of sacrificed animals.