Post "movenga" ·  Gabon, Tsogho · ID: 3034553

Description

wood, reddish patina, black paint remains, the lower section carved with a standing male figure, the eyes consisting of glass beads and metal tags, dam., cracks, missing parts, wooden socle;
such posts served as architectural elements for meeting houses called “ebanza”. They were constructed in pairs of male and female, to both structurally support the “ebanza” and define a sacred space. Situated in the rear, only the front of the figurative posts was visible to the audience, which might explain the absence of decoration on the back.

L’objet Post “movenga” avec l’ID d’objet 3034553 a fait partie de l’enchère 72nd tribal art auction en 9 mars 2013 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 407.

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