Figure "bangala" · Burkina Faso, Dagari · ID: 3033132
Vendu
800 €
Provenance
Mon Steyaert, Brussels, BelgiumHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1985)
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.
Littérature comparée
Förster, Till, Skulptur in Westafrika, Freiburg im Breisgau 1995, p. 122