Grave post with male ancestor figure ·  Madagascar, Vezo · ID: 3034612

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, lichen in some areas, large bearded head with hat-like headdress, accentuation of the male gender, surface with extreme traces of weathering, cracks, slightly dam., missing parts (post), socle;
Madagascan sculptures were nearly exclusively made for ancestral graves, where they were exposed to wind and weather. For the people of Madagascar the ancestors “razana” guarantee the existence of the living. The creation of sculptures and the accompaning rituals serve to confirm the coalescence of the deceased with the community of the ancestors and to insure the exchange of the deads vital force to the living.

L’objet Grave post with male ancestor figure avec l’ID d’objet 3034612 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 72nd tribal art auction dans 9 mars 2013 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 487 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 500 €.

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Phillips, Tom (Hg.), Afrika, Die Kunst eines Kontinents, Berlin 1996, p. 150