Zemanek-Münster

Stone figure "pomdo"

Sierra Leone, Kissi
sold EUR 700
Provenance
Galerie Künzi, Oensingen, Switzerland
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
Size
H: 13,5 cm
H: 5.3 inch

Description

reddish pigment remains, in kneeling posture with crossed arms, hardly recognizable facial features, min. dam., traces of abrasion, on base;
the Kissi believed that these figures personated their forefathers. When a chief or another important person died the “pomdo” was buried in a rice field or next to a tree planted by the deceased.


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