Guess what, Iran.
Bidjogo · Guinea-Bissau
Reference: MSOAL-23
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- Height
- 39 cm
- Material
- Wood, veneer, hair and pigments.
Holy figure or Iran that serves as a family altar and represents a soothsayer, priestess Okinka in charge of the sacrifices. A snake surrounds his belly…
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Full original description
Holy figure or Iran that serves as a family altar and represents a soothsayer, priestess Okinka in charge of the sacrifices. A snake surrounds his belly and passing through his back goes to lean his head on the head of the fortune teller, like an end of his headdress. From the serpent's head part a long lock of hair. Estwe snake could be Elamendithe snake python of the Bidjogo that went to live in the sea. Eyes of plate, painted, habitual in the statuary bidjogo, that confer a scrutinizing and penetrating look. Ringed collar around which carries a curious diadem, formed by a kind of juxtaposed cones finished in spherical form. He has no arms, something also common in the statuary bidjogo. From the island of NaluOld patina.
Further technical information
- Width
- 20 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX or older
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Guinea-Bissau. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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