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Ancient African Terracotta Phallic-Shaped Funerary Urn

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Ancient African Terracotta Phallic-Shaped Funerary Urn

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Africa, Mali/Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. An anthropomorphic terracotta funerary phallic-shaped urn with a human face and two nubbins on the cylindrical neck, one representing a penis, the other perhaps a mouth or an Adam's apple. The urn presents a lively visage with large, protruding lozenge-shapes representing eyes or brows, an exceptionally long protruding nose, a hairstyle delineated with pierced circular marks, and similar marks in the vecinity of the eyes and nose. These ceramic forms have been found upside down in graves, buried with their openings faced downwards, filled with belongings (cloth remnants and other objects), teeth, and some bones of the deceased. This traditional ritual demonstrates the Bura-Asinda-Sikka people's belief in the continuation of fruitfulness from birth to life to death to rebirth. Examples like this were initially discovered in 1975, many by farmers who were preparing their fields. Hence many Bura Asinda-Sikka urns were accidentally broken by shovels before serious archaeological excavations began in 1983. Size: 3" L x 2.5" W x 6.5" H (7.6 cm x 6.4 cm x 16.5 cm)

Provenance: Ex Peter Arnovick Collection, Los Altos CA

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Was broken at lower end. Expected surface wear with a small, old nick to the mouth/Adam's apple.

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Ancient African Terracotta Phallic-Shaped Funerary Urn

Name: Ancient African Terracotta Phallic-Shaped Funerary Urn
SKU: 45224668
Price: 100 USD
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