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祖先像 - Ewe - Togo (No reserve price)
Rare to find Ewe ancestor-figure covered in white kaolin. Ancestor figures are placed on family altars to be consulted in times of need. To empower these consultations, these wooden figures are rubbed in dyes of poured over with liquids. In this care white clay, or kaolin, is used to make this figure more stronger. This gives this figure a rare to find ghost-like appareance. Nice carved head. Height; 28 cm. Collected in Togo in the late 1990`s.
No. 103008080
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祖先像 - Ewe - Togo (No reserve price)
Rare to find Ewe ancestor-figure covered in white kaolin. Ancestor figures are placed on family altars to be consulted in times of need. To empower these consultations, these wooden figures are rubbed in dyes of poured over with liquids. In this care white clay, or kaolin, is used to make this figure more stronger. This gives this figure a rare to find ghost-like appareance. Nice carved head. Height; 28 cm. Collected in Togo in the late 1990`s.
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