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THBAfrican Bura Asinda Sikka Terracotta Memorial Head
Lot 180
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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2021-02-04 10:00:00
2021-02-04 10:00:00
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**First Time At Auction**
Africa, Niger, Burkina Faso, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th century CE. A hand-built terracotta memorial head, modeled in a characteristically phallic form with a pronounced, curved nose, applied petite eyes to either side, a ridged browline over the eyes and across the bridge of the nose, and a caplike, textured coiffure from the Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture along the lower Niger River valley in Niger and Burkina Faso. Examples like this were initially discovered in 1975, many by farmers who were preparing their fields. Hence many Bura sculptural works were accidentally broken by shovels before serious archaeological excavations began in 1983. Similar ceramic forms have been found upside down in graves, buried with their openings faced downwards, filled with belongings (cloth remnants and other objects), teeth, and some bones of the deceased. This traditional ritual demonstrates the Bura-Asinda-Sikka people's belief in the continuation of fruitfulness from birth to life to death to rebirth. Size: 2.25" in diameter x 10.875" H (5.7 cm x 27.6 cm)
Provenance: private Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota USA collection, acquired 2010-2011
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#158250Repaired from several pieces with break lines and adhesive still visible in some areas. Missing proper left ear, as well as some raised details below the face. Expected chips, nicks, and abrasions commensurate with age. Excellent remaining pigments.Condition
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