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

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.

The object Ritual object “anok” with the object ID 3036818 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. The object with the lot number 92 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.

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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