Processional group: Chief accompanied by his entourage ·  Bénin, Fon · ID: 3038719

Description

wooden plate, 32 brass figures, in the centre the chief, with long pipe and beautiful blanket resting on a hammock, fixed to a long wooden bar supported by especially high towering figures, accompanied by his royal household carrying several insignia such as fans, umbrellas and flags, a group of musicians following, each figure screwed with the wooden plate, supported by four bowl-shaped feet, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion

Littérature comparée

Kerchache, Jacques, Paudrat, Jean-Louis, Stephan, Lucien, Die Kunst des Schwarzen Afrika, Freiburg, Basel, Wien 1988, p. 541