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Figure "bangala"

Burkina Faso, Dagari
Vendu 50 €
Provenance
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
Taille
H: 83,5 cm
H: 32.9 inch

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.


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