Stone head "pomdo" · Sierra Leone, Kissi · ID: 3036996
sold
EUR 300
Provenance
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, GermanySize
H: 8 cm
H: 3.1 inch
Description
stylized facial features, small missing parts, traces of abrasion, 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.
Comparing literature
Tagliaferri, Aldo & Arno Hammacher, Die steinernen Ahnen, Graz 1974, ill. 30