一个木质雕塑 - Prampram - 迦納 (沒有保留價)





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來自加納Prampram族群的木雕,附帶底座。
賣家描述
A Prampram sculpture, Southern region, Prampram village, Ghana. Incl stand.
Baba Sylla, once the dealer of Karl Heinz Krieg, Germany, who brought the first extremly rare PramPram sculptures to the West (penultimate photo sequence).
"A great discovery were the so called "Prampram" sculptures, which are stylistically related to the Northern part of the small tribes in Northern Ghana and Togo, in particular the Moba. In my interview Baba Sylla, Accra, Ghana, isn't speaking about a "tribe“, he named it "a great family", which seems to be incorrect under anthropological aspects, but it is a link to the fact, how small this "tribe" is or was in reality. May be this is the reason that these sculptures are unknown in literature. Only Karl-Heinz Krieg (short before his death) conducted unpublished researches with voice protocols close to the hut, where these sculptures were once part of a shrine. But a friend of him told me that Mr. Krieg had no possibility to access the hut."
Lit.: Dogbe, B.K. (1977). “The human form as a central theme in art” in Image (Journal of the College of Art), Interview with Baba Sylla, the well known Antique dealer in Accra, Ghana, who collected these sculptures the first time.
Fieldphoto, Karl Heinz Krieg, around 2010, in front of the house of Baba Sylla with his PramPram (last photo sequence).
He established scholarly consensus situates the Dangme people, including the inhabitants of Prampram, within the Ga-Dangme ethnic group, tracing their origins to migrations from the east, likely from areas corresponding to present-day Togo or Benin¹. Linguistically and culturally, the Dangme are distinct from the Moba of northern Ghana and Togo, who speak a Gur language and maintain different ritual and social structures². There is little documented evidence of sustained contact or cultural influence between these groups historically³.
In contrast, Baba Sylla offers an alternative interpretation, positing that the Prampram people have been significantly influenced by the Moba culture. According to Sylla, this influence manifests in shared ritual practices and social organization that suggest historical interactions overlooked or underestimated by conventional ethnographic accounts⁴. Baba Sylla’s thesis challenges the prevailing narrative by highlighting possible migration routes and intercultural exchanges that connect northern and southern Ghana in ways that complicate simple east-to-west migration models.
While Sylla’s views remain subject to debate within the academic community, they invite a reconsideration of cultural boundaries and the fluidity of ethnic identities in West Africa. Further interdisciplinary research combining oral histories, linguistics, and archaeology is necessary to fully understand the depth and nature of the relationship between the Prampram and the Moba peoples.
¹ Meyerowitz, E.L.R.: The Early History of the Ga People. London: Red Candle Press, 1951.
² Kropp Dakubu, M.E.: The Languages of Ghana. London: Kegan Paul International, 1988.
³ Goody, J.: Technology, Tradition, and the State in Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971.
⁴ Sylla, Baba.: Youtube Video about the history of the Prampram.
賣家的故事
A Prampram sculpture, Southern region, Prampram village, Ghana. Incl stand.
Baba Sylla, once the dealer of Karl Heinz Krieg, Germany, who brought the first extremly rare PramPram sculptures to the West (penultimate photo sequence).
"A great discovery were the so called "Prampram" sculptures, which are stylistically related to the Northern part of the small tribes in Northern Ghana and Togo, in particular the Moba. In my interview Baba Sylla, Accra, Ghana, isn't speaking about a "tribe“, he named it "a great family", which seems to be incorrect under anthropological aspects, but it is a link to the fact, how small this "tribe" is or was in reality. May be this is the reason that these sculptures are unknown in literature. Only Karl-Heinz Krieg (short before his death) conducted unpublished researches with voice protocols close to the hut, where these sculptures were once part of a shrine. But a friend of him told me that Mr. Krieg had no possibility to access the hut."
Lit.: Dogbe, B.K. (1977). “The human form as a central theme in art” in Image (Journal of the College of Art), Interview with Baba Sylla, the well known Antique dealer in Accra, Ghana, who collected these sculptures the first time.
Fieldphoto, Karl Heinz Krieg, around 2010, in front of the house of Baba Sylla with his PramPram (last photo sequence).
He established scholarly consensus situates the Dangme people, including the inhabitants of Prampram, within the Ga-Dangme ethnic group, tracing their origins to migrations from the east, likely from areas corresponding to present-day Togo or Benin¹. Linguistically and culturally, the Dangme are distinct from the Moba of northern Ghana and Togo, who speak a Gur language and maintain different ritual and social structures². There is little documented evidence of sustained contact or cultural influence between these groups historically³.
In contrast, Baba Sylla offers an alternative interpretation, positing that the Prampram people have been significantly influenced by the Moba culture. According to Sylla, this influence manifests in shared ritual practices and social organization that suggest historical interactions overlooked or underestimated by conventional ethnographic accounts⁴. Baba Sylla’s thesis challenges the prevailing narrative by highlighting possible migration routes and intercultural exchanges that connect northern and southern Ghana in ways that complicate simple east-to-west migration models.
While Sylla’s views remain subject to debate within the academic community, they invite a reconsideration of cultural boundaries and the fluidity of ethnic identities in West Africa. Further interdisciplinary research combining oral histories, linguistics, and archaeology is necessary to fully understand the depth and nature of the relationship between the Prampram and the Moba peoples.
¹ Meyerowitz, E.L.R.: The Early History of the Ga People. London: Red Candle Press, 1951.
² Kropp Dakubu, M.E.: The Languages of Ghana. London: Kegan Paul International, 1988.
³ Goody, J.: Technology, Tradition, and the State in Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971.
⁴ Sylla, Baba.: Youtube Video about the history of the Prampram.
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