Vessel "abusua kuruwa"
Ghana, Ashanti
Vendu
300 €
Provenance
Rolf Christoph Lutz (1930-2016), Gernsbach, GermanyLutz worked as medical doctor for the Basler Mission in Bawku, Agogo and Bechem in Ghana from 1958 to 1967.
Born in 1930 in Kaying, South China where his parents already worked for the Basel Mission, after his studies he knew that he would like to work as a missionary doctor as did his father. After graduation, he decided to choose Ghana. Beginning in 1958 he worked with his wife Eva-Maria, in a hospital in Bawku in the north of the country, near the border with Burkina Faso, as well as in Agogo and Bechem. In 1967, he returned with his family to Germany.
Taille
H: 30 cm
H: 11.8 inch
Description
brown, partly blackened clay, remains of pigments, long neck, several motifs (zoomorphic, abstract) modelled in relief on the body of the vessel, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
ancestors are remembered on their memorial day and remain with their families spiritually and materially (hair and finger nails are placed in the “abusua kuruwa”).