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Fetish object: "Chair of the ancestors" - Ghana, Ewe

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Fetish object: "Chair of the ancestors" - Ghana, Ewe

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Description

conglomerate of various objects (two anthropomorphic figures, two animal skulls, some metal objects, pieces of wood wrapped with cloth) fixed on a stool, the whole object coated with thick encrusted sacrificial mass and white pigment, traces of liquids, dam., missing parts (stool), cracks, rep. (legs of the stool)
H: 46 cm; B: 38,5 (Hocker)
Provenance:
British Collection
Lit.: Tapiero, Galia, Voodoo, The Arbogast Collection, Togo 2012, p. 88
Continent: Africa

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Fetish object: "Chair of the ancestors" - Ghana, Ewe

Name: Fetish object: \"Chair of the ancestors\" - Ghana, Ewe
SKU: 30578637
Price: 950 EUR
Availability: InStock

Estimate €800 - €1,600

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