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a dakakari funeral pottery,ex christies
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Pre 1900 item# 1059791
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galerie Cecile Kerner
32475830042
1200€
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a typical dakakari funeral pottery,39cm ex christies amsterdam
the dakakari from west nigeria have funeral terra cotta potteries that they put on the tumbs
they used to obturate the tumbs with a terra cotta plate For high rank persons they used to put more elaborate sculptures so they could recognised the place .
You can find animals ,human figures naked who are the companions of the deceased person
The tumbs were taken care often ,the figures were generally the top of a jar where people wo ...click for details
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a bura phallomorphic figure
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Pre 1700 item# 1058884
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galerie Cecile Kerner
32475830042
600€
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a nice bura phallic figure
broken and reglued on the front
you can see the previous state before restorationat picture 2
The Bura people :almost nothing is known of this shadowy Nigerian/Malian group. They are said to have existed between 1100 AD and 1500 ADD, however the only archaeological excavated site (Nyamey) dates between the 14th and 16th centuries.
Many Bura pieces are either anthropomorphic or phallomorphic, and are often abstract.
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