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A WURKUN "KUNDUL" BUST

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Item Details

Description

Pfahlfigur, "kundul"
Wurkum, Nigeria
Gesockelt / with custom base
Holz. H 57 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

Condition

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A WURKUN "KUNDUL" BUST

Name: A WURKUN \"KUNDUL\" BUST
SKU: 68485154
Price: 400 CHF
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