The Dinka tribe is based in South Sudan in the Bahr el ghazel region, they are mainly a pastoralist community. Such stone-made sculptures come from the Bongo people of southern Sudan. They were sculpted as funerary or memorial markers placed above tombs composed of large stones. They were idealized representations of the dead and not portraits of a specific person. Such funerary posts recognized and honored male elites, warriors, chiefs or locally significant personalities, these posts were also said to protect against sorcerers spells.
This is a fine naturally weathered specimen with clear signs of old age. It was hand-carved from a very heavy and thick porous orange stone.
- Material: Porous-orange stone/rock
- Condition: Weathered with age
- Age:approx 55-75yrs
- Origin: Sudan
- SKU: CSTA-064
- Weight: 14.5 kg
- Dimensions: 20 x 36.5 x 15 cm