Stone head "pomdo" ·  Sierra Leone, Kissi · ID: 3036996

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.

The object Stone head “pomdo” with the object ID 3036996 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 121 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.

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Comparing literature

Tagliaferri, Aldo & Arno Hammacher, Die steinernen Ahnen, Graz 1974, ill. 30