Dagari voorouderbeeld (Kpiin Dâa) uit Burkina Faso Tibetaans boeddhisme For the Aztecs and the

For the Aztecs and the Mayans

vegetable fibers and iron rings are applied to the hips and neck

The Fang people are relatively recent migrants to Equatorial Guinea

Height: 14 cm

offering bowls

Dagari voorouderbeeld (Kpiin Dâa) uit Burkina Faso Tibetaans boeddhisme For the Aztecs and theHeight: 85 x 40 x 14 cm. Origin: This Dagari ancestor statue comes from the collection of Fofana Sankoung, who was a dealer in African art (Kumasi Amsterdam) from the 1960s onwards. This ancestor statue, also called 'Kpiin Da', comes from the Dagari (also known as Dagaaba or Dagara), a subgroup of the Lobi people from southwestern Burkina Faso. Kpiin Da (literally translated: wooden statue of deceased ancestor) are simplistic, anthropomorphic wooden