Male figure "bangala" ·  Burkina Faso, Dagari · ID: 3037774

Description

wood, encrusted greyish brown patina, sacrificial traces (head, chest), indicated facial features, min. dam., cracks, traces of weathering, 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 Male figure “bangala” with the object ID 3037774 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 183.

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