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Figure debout " obrafo ", Ghana, Ashanti, Taille: H: 37 cm (H: 14.6 inch), ID: 3053437
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Figure debout " obrafo " ·  Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3053437

Prix d'appel
4 500 €
Prix d'Estimation
5 000 €
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Provenance
Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, Germany, 17 April 1993, lot 104
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
Taille
H: 37 cm
H: 14.6 inch

Description

wood, pigments, base

Depicted is an executioner holding a sword and the head of an executed person. He belonged to the “abrafo” (sing. “obrafo”), a protective force at the Akan court whose duties included ritual and ceremonial functions and the enforcement of royal sentences, including executions.

Littérature comparée

van der Pas, Kathy et. al. (ed), Aspects, Akan cultures in Ghana, The Hague 2001, p. 77

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