Ritual implement ·  Sudan, Bari · ID: 3034726

Description

wood, partly shiny brown patina, slightly curved handle, crowned by a human head with asymmetrical facial features and pierced nostrils, min. dam., traces of abrasion, metal socle;
the Bari are a small ethnical group living in the swampy regions of the upper White Nile in the southwestern area of the Sudan. Only a few figures of them are known up to nowadays and their function is controversial.

The object Ritual implement with the object ID 3034726 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 105.

Here you will find more objects and interesting facts about African art.