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Figure réceptacle de l'âme "iran otibago" ·  Guinée-Bissau, Archipel des Bissagos, Bidjogo · ID: 3048803

Vendu 2 500 €
Provenance
Private Collection, New York, USA (Estate 2018)
Amyas Naegele, New York, USA (agent for the estate)
Taille
H: 36 cm
H: 14.2 inch

Description

wood, nails, encrusted sacrificial patina, pigments, missing parts, insect caused damage, base

These figures serve as homes for the souls of revered deceased. They provide the living with a means of cummunicating with the ancestors as well as with the surpeme deity (“orrebuco-ocoto”).

An “iran otibago” can belong to an individual or to an entire village. In either instance it is given offerings and appealed to for a wide range of personal and communal concerns.

The “iran” were called in case of illness, civil disputes, to investigate and punish witchcraft or to confirm a village chief. It is reported that before each arable activity animal sacrifices were offered to the “iran” and after the harvest a part of the yield had to be sacrificed to him.


L’objet Figure réceptacle de l’âme “iran otibago” numéro d’objet 3048803, a fait partie de la dernière 98e vente aux enchères du 26 mars 2022 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 150 a atteint un prix de vente de 2 500 €.

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