Zemanek-Münster

Récade, 19e siècle ·  République du Bénin (ancien royaume de Dahomey), Région d'Abomey, Fon · ID: 3047106

Vendu 400 €
Provenance
Karl Zeugner, Würzburg, Germany

Description

wood, metal,
Recades served the king’s representative to identify himself as the bearer of a royal message (“récadère”) and gave him of the authority appropriate to his function.

The sender of the message could be identified by the symbol attached to the recade.

The present example shows the symbol of the pineapple at the round end of the blade. It originally stands for King Agonglo (1789-1797) and is associated with the following proverb: “Thunder can destroy the palm tree, but never the pineapple plant”. With this, Agonglo wanted to express that he would always defeat his enemies.


Littérature comparée

Wilhelm, Gustav, Récaden aus der Sammlung Birgit Schlothauer und Gustav Wilhelm, Marl 2016, p. 6


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