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An Akan Whisk, "nandwa blawa"

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Item Details

Description

Wedel, "nandwa blawa"
Akan, Ghana / Côte d’Ivoire
Mit Sockel / with base
H 90 cm.

Provenienz:
- Galerie Walu, Zürich (1990).
- Schweizer Privatsammlung, Zürich.

Bei den Baule "nandwa blawa" genannter Zeremonialwedel und königliches Würdezeichen aus dem "aja" genannten Familienerbe eines Herrscher-Clans.

Zeremonialwedel wurden bei Feierlichkeiten als äussere Zeichen von Rang und Zugehörigkeit öffentlich präsentiert. Sie waren Symbol für die Einheit der Familie und deren Identität.

„Ohne schöne Dinge können wir nicht leben“ - dieses Bekenntnis eines Akan könnte auch aus dem Munde eines westlichen Kunstliebhabers stammen. Generell schätzen die Akan-Völker, zu denen auch die Baule gehören, die Verwendung von Sprichwörtern als Ausdrucksmittel. Wedel werden z.B. mit dem Sprichwort "Geld ist wie ein Fliegenwedel; ein einzelner kann es nicht halten" assoziiert, das den Vorteil einer Gemeinschaft unterstreicht.

Weiterführende Literatur:
Ross, Doran und Eisner, Georg (2008). Das Gold der Akan. Museum Liaunig. Neuhaus: Museumsverwaltung GmbH.

CHF 1 000 / 2 000
EUR 860 / 1 720

Condition

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Weight

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An Akan Whisk, "nandwa blawa"

Name: An Akan Whisk, \"nandwa blawa\"
SKU: 91814204
Price: 550 CHF
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