Specifications

• Height: 127 and 128 cm.
• Material: wood
• Position: squatting
• Gender: male, female
• Indigenous name: ana deo
• Price realised: Dfl. 5766,-

Provenance

Francis Faust, Luxembourg; Christie’s, Amsterdam, 16-4-1997, lot 630

Publications

Additional information

These ancestral couples were placed outside the ceremonial house where they were venerated for their beneficent properties. Some of these figures were placed under the roof and lack the pole. In this case the poles were attached to a beam as can be concluded from the cut-out section just below the figures.

Photo credits

Christie’s Amsterdam