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A Wurkun Bust, "kundul"

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Item Details

Description

Pfahlfigur, "kundul"
Wurkum, Nigeria
Gesockelt / with custom base
Holz, Eisen (Stift). H 51 cm.

Provenienz:
Galerie Walu, Zürich (1995).

Solche Figuren wurden für heilende Wirkung in den Boden gesteckt und z.B. anlässlich Erntefesten aktiviert und beopfert.

Vgl.: Kerchache, Jacques (1989). Die Kunst des schwarzen Afrika. Verlag Herder: Freiburg in Breisgau. Abb. 509-512.

CHF 400 / 800
EUR 344 / 688

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