Small calabash altar ·  Benin, Fon · ID: 3042800

Description

bowl from pumpkin, filled with unfired clay, three wooden figures, skull of a small animal, bones and claws inserted, entirely covered with encrusted sacrificial patina.
The altar may have belonged to a family or to a whole village community. The attributes refer to various deities.

The object Small calabash altar with the object ID 3042800 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 94.

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