Ancestor

Temné · Sierra Leone

Reference: EFM-87

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Height
24 cm
Material
Wood and pigments.

Curious and rare statuette fear who represents a woman with bulging breasts and armbands, which appear to indicate her rank or membership in the secret bondo…

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Curious and rare statuette fear who represents a woman with bulging breasts and armbands, which appear to indicate her rank or membership in the secret bondo women's society. Like the colonistsBaulé And from other villages in West Africa it is painted red. The settlersare small statues that take their origin in colonial times and that revere all kinds of characters, mostly African but in which theThe face and the exposed body parts are painted red, with which Africans describe the European. A humorous nuance surrounds these figures who, although representing Africans, are nothing but a satire of the colonial population.

Further technical information
Width
7 cm
Attributed period
Mid-century XX or earlier.

Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.

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Sierra Leone. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.

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