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Lot: 678
Military boss stele. Dakakari. Nigeria

"stele of military chief". Ethnicity: Dakakari.



Country: Nigeria.



This type of funerary monument corresponds to the most important personalities. It depicts a powerful enthroned warlord flanked by escorting warriors. The walls behind him belong to the city that pays homage to him as a war hero who might have lost his life defending him.

Only a few families hold the knowledge of the technique necessary to build sacred terracotta considered a memory of tribal chiefs, war heroes, great hunters, blacksmiths, healers, etc., a privilege inherited from women potters who transmit their secrets from mothers to daughters for generations. 47x38cm

Title
stele of military chief
Measures
47x38cm

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DECORATIVE ARTS
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