Figure ancestrale masculine "kpin sebla" · Burkina Faso, Dagari · ID: 3052233
Prix d'appel
800 €
Prix d'Estimation
1 500 €
Provenance
Ilia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany (1992)German Private Collection, Gaggenau
Taille
H: 84 cm
H: 33.1 inch
Description
wood, encrusted sacrificial patina, base
It was not until the 1990s that these “phallic” Dagari sculptures became known to wider circles.
The Dagari are relatives of the Lobi, who live in the southwest of Burkina Faso and the northwest of Ghana.
Each of these figures represents a deceased family member. They are placed on family altars and at shrines and serve the ancestor cult. They are sacrificed with millet beer, millet porridge or the blood of sacrificial animals.
Littérature comparée
Bognolo, Daniela, Lobi, Milan 2007, p. 57, Fig. 19