Figure féminine debout "d'mba" ·  Guinée, Baga · ID: 3042467

Description

wood, rich blackish brown patina, head with projecting chin and crested coiffure, both hands up to the chin, incised geometrical patterns, slightly dam., missing parts (tip of the chin, disc-shaped base backside along rim);
“d’mba” figures can be either male or female, quite often they appear in pairs. They were kept in shrines outside the villages and were associated with plant and human fertility. The sculptures serve as intermediaries between the people and the ancestor spirits. Offerings were left
for the spirits at the shrines, and the figures were greatly respected in the hope that they might bring good fortune and benefits from the
spirits.

L’objet Figure féminine debout “d’mba” avec l’ID d’objet 3042467 a fait partie de l’enchère 86e vente aux enchères Tribal Art en 27 mai 2017 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 175.

Vous trouverez d’autres Figures et autres types d’objets populaires sur nos pages thématiques associées. Notre page sur le thème Art africain pourrait également vous intéresser.

Publications

Galerie Flak (ed.), The American Dream, Paris 2015, p. 40 f.

AHDRC: 0055829

Exposition

Galerie Flak, The American Dream, Parcours des Mondes, Paris, 8 - 13 September 2015,