Figure ancestrale masculine "kpin sebla"
Burkina Faso, Dagaaba (Dagaare / Dagari)
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Provenance
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, AustriaTaille
H: 66 cm
H: 26.0 inch
Description
wood, encrusted sacrificial patina, traces of weathering, base
Ancestor sculptures, known as “kpin sebla”, were set up in hidden places or in shrines, and were only allowed to be seen by “initiates”. These figures received sacrificial offerings of millet, millet gruel or the blood of sacrificed animals.