Figure "bangala" ·  Burkina Faso, Dagari · ID: 3035772

Description

wood, encrusted greyish brown patina, facial features and gender indicated, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
not until 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.