Figure "bangala"
Burkina Faso, Dagari
Vendu
50 €
Provenance
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, GermanyTaille
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.