Rare figural fragment of a "great man" ·  North Pakistan, Kalash Kafirs · ID: 3044767

Description

wood, traces of weathering, base

One or two years after the actual burial, the relatives would place memorial or ancestor figures for important men (and women), such as the present one, either near the dead or along the paths leading to the cemetery. This occasion was marked by feasts in the whole village.

The object Rare figural fragment of a “great man” with the object ID 3044767 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 9.

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