Ritual object "anok"
Guinea, Baga
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Ladislas Segy, New York, USASize
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 YorkPublications
Segy, Ladislas, African sculpture speaks, New York 1961, p. 49, ill. 24 a; The Collection of the Segy Gallery, 1969, no. 137AHDRC: 0055781