Stèle funéraire avec tête d´ancêtre ·  Soudan, Bongo · ID: 3043628

Description

heavy wood, greyish brown patina, min. dam., missing parts, traces of insect caused damage, cracks, base.
The Bongo were a society of hunters and warriors. Success in hunt and combat awarded them with social prestige during lifetime. After their death tomb stelas were set up, as signs for their success in hunting, assuring that the hunter keeps the rank he gained during lifetime even in the hereafter. The conception of the stela-like sculptures as well as the area they were placed in, reminds of the sepultural conventions of the people from Madagascar, i. e. the Mahafaly and the Sakalava.

L’objet Stèle funéraire avec tête d´ancêtre avec l’ID d’objet 3043628 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 88e vente aux enchères Tribal Art dans 10 mars 2018 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 124 a atteint un prix de vente de 6 200 €.

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Littérature comparée

Scharf, Dieter (Hg.), Sehen lernen - Eine Sammlung afrikanischer Figuren, Köln 1999, p. 76, ill. 27

Publications

AHDRC: 0150391