Standing female figure ·  Sierra Leone, Temne · ID: 3035054

Description

wood, partly shiny brown patina, metal bracelet, with funnel-shaped headgear, min. dam., missing parts (headgear, base), cracks, traces of insect caused damage;
such figures were used from female dignitaries “an-Digba” of the “bondo” women society. They were part of their most valuable ritual belongings and were kept hidden in a personal room. Only on one occasion, i. e. the intitiation of young girls into adulthood, such a figure was presented to the public.

The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3035054 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 115.

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Comparing literature

Phillips, Tom (Hg.), Afrika, Die Kunst eines Kontinents, Berlin 1996, p. 474