Sepulchral stele · Niger, Bura - Asinda - Sikka · ID: 3041164
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium (1996)Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Size
H: 54 cm
H: 21.3 inch
Description
fired red clay, traces of red and black pigment, phalliform object, elaborately decorated, navel-like projection, slightly dam., minor missing parts, metal base;
such steles were found buried in the ground with the opening pointing downwards. They are said to have been filled with clothes and further belongings of the deceased.
Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Erde und Erz, München 1997, p. 70