Post-shaped memorial sculpture · Ethiopia, Konso · ID: 3036472
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1970s)Size
H: 156 cm
H: 61.4 inch
Description
wood, matt greyish brown patina, in form of an arm- and legless human figure, min. dam., traces of weathering, cracks, traces of abrasion, base;
like the Gato, the Konso used pole-shaped memorial post sculptures, carved for important deceased personalities and the enemies killed by them. But whereas the Gato carve these posts only as memorials of the dead the Konso also produce them for the living and sometimes for themselves personally - together with prestige attributes which mark their position in the society.
Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 235