Skull power object · Benin, Fon · ID: 3038327
sold
EUR 500
Size
H: 22 cm
H: 8.7 inch
Description
ring-shaped base wrapped with cord, an animal skull in the centre, a conglomerate of padlocks, partly with keys, attached, small traces of indigo blue pigment and red fibre, metal base;
symbolically the function of the padlock is to seal the incantatory words of its mission within the object - literally, the hopes one has placed in it.
The object Skull power object with the object ID 3038327 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 246 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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