Zemanek-Münster

Stone head "pomdo"

Sierra Leone, Kissi
Vendu 300 €
Provenance
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
Taille
H: 8 cm
H: 3.1 inch

Description

stylized facial features, small missing parts, traces of abrasion, base;
the Kissi believed that these figures personated their forefathers. When a chief or another important person died the “pomdo” was buried in a rice field or next to a tree planted by the deceased.


Littérature comparée

Tagliaferri, Aldo & Arno Hammacher, Die steinernen Ahnen, Graz 1974, ill. 30

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