Zemanek-Münster

Dance crest "egungun" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3035872

Vendu 200 €
Provenance
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany

Description

wood, black and dark brown patina, indigo blue paint, mirror glass eyes, slightly dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (right rim), cracks (calotte, coiffure), base;
the ancestors come to the town in the form of “egungun” to cleanse the community of wrongdoing and misfortune. They are called “ara orun” - “visitors form the other world”.


Littérature comparée

Witte, Hans, A Closer Look, Berg en Dal 2004, p. 57, ill. 46


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