Ritual object "anok", Guinea, Baga, Size: H: 29,5 cm (H: 11.6 inch), ID: 3036818

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Lot 92

90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art

Ritual object "anok" · Guinea, Baga · ID: 3036818

sold EUR 2,000

Provenance

Ladislas Segy, New York, USA

Size

H: 29,5 cm

H: 11.6 inch

Description

wood, base

The ritual object “anok” is an important requisite of the “simo” secret society. In front of the “anok” and through him, the young initiate is prepared for his rights and duties as adequate member of the social community.

During the closing ceremonies antelope horns, filled with magical substances, were stuck into the openings of the anok. After the circumcision the young man takes the horns and keeps them.

Expertise

Segy Gallery, 14 October 1969, No. 2014, New York

Publications

Segy, Ladislas, African sculpture speaks, New York 1961, p. 49, ill. 24 a; The Collection of the Segy Gallery, 1969, no. 137

AHDRC: 0055781

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