Figure "bangala"
Burkina Faso, Dagari
Vendu
800 €
Provenance
Mon Steyaert, Brussels, BelgiumHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1985)
Taille
H: 70 cm
H: 27.6 inch
Description
wood, encrusted greyish brown patina, highly abstract in form, in the shape of a reversed “Y”, simplified facial features, cracks, traces of weathering, minor missing parts, on metal plate;
in the nineties of the last century the Dagaris phallic conceived abstract ancestor figures came to be known overseas. Each of these figures represents a deceased family member. They were placed on the ancestor shrines of families and were used in the ancestral cult.