These large sculpture come from the Bongo people of southern Sudan , large sculpted funerary or memorial were placed above tombs , among the bongo large scuptures reconized and honore male elites , warrios , chiefs or locally significants personnages , carved head were at the best idealised representation of…
This kind of figure had mnemonic funtion as the assisted in telling ancestors stories or the depiction of provebs. Height : 29x8cm Estimated age : Early 20th Century Material : wood Private Collections
Women in these societies are often adorned with beaded jewelry, necklaces, earrings, rings, bracelets, headdresses … Height : 47x10cm Material ; Pearl , Wood etc.. Estimated age : 1990-2000 Provenance : Private Collection