Ceremonial club "sakbata" - Benin, Fon
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wood, greyish brown patina, red pigment, club head in shape of an anthropomorphic head with upturned face, expressive facial features with strongly encrusted sacrificial patina (red mass, indigoblue pigment), missing parts through insect caused damage, cracks, metal plate;
when touched with the "sakbata" club the novices should fall into a trance and thus become one with Vodun.
H: 56,5 cm, H: 22,2 inch
Lit.: Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl (Hg.), Skulpturen und Objekte aus der Region des Königreiches Dahomey, Marl 2008, p. 43, ill. 25/26
Continent: Africa
when touched with the "sakbata" club the novices should fall into a trance and thus become one with Vodun.
H: 56,5 cm, H: 22,2 inch
Lit.: Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl (Hg.), Skulpturen und Objekte aus der Region des Königreiches Dahomey, Marl 2008, p. 43, ill. 25/26
Continent: Africa
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Ceremonial club "sakbata" - Benin, Fon
Estimate €250 - €500
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