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48 - Ghana, Ashanti
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Ghana, Ashanti Stehende Figur "obrafo" Holz, Pigmente Sockel Dargestellt ist ein Scharfrichter mit Schwert und dem Kopf eines Hingerichteten. Er gehörte zu den „abrafo“ (Sing. „obrafo“), einer Schutztruppe am Hof der Akan, die rituelle und zeremonielle Aufgaben übernahm und königliche Urteile einschließlich Hinrichtungen vollstreckte. Mass: H: 37 cm Provenance: Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, Germany, 17 April 1993, lot 104 Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany Lit.: van der Pas, Kathy et. al. (ed), Aspects, Akan cultures in Ghana, The Hague 2001, p. 77
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