Tabwa figure allegedly represent ancestors , this tabwa figure were carved as prestige object and their role was assert the chief’s authority . Material : Wood Dimention : 33cm Height : 0,5 kg Provenance : Private Collection Estimated age : 20th Century
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…
topped by an Elephant dates from the 1940’s, when the government commissioned animal sculptures at Tonj . 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 ,…