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Dakakari horse rider    (N°2159 )

Dakakari the established north-west of Nigeria, performing tricks clay he laid on the graves. The purpose was to seal the tomb with terracotta plaques. For digintaires, more elaborate sculptures made ??it possible to recognize the scene to collect himself. The themes are mostly the same in remp Dakakari, horse and rider, the hyena or animals as the camel, sometimes a naked person, "accompanying the deceased in the afterlife. " The style of work can sometimes differ from one region to another, depending on the land used or cooking techniques. The pottery contained a rider indicating the graves of more senior officers in the system Sarauta, meeting of the Hausa states in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, who reigned supreme in these parts of Nigeria and grew rich from the sale of slaves "recruited" among the southern populations of Niger-Congo languages??.


295,00 €


 
Country: nigéria
Ethny: Dakakari
Weight: 14,00 kg
Item(s) in stock: 1
Material: Terra Cota
Size
- Height: 73 cm
- Width: 39 cm



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