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Gabon, Fang – Soufflet de feu
€3.100,00
CompareAncient anthropomorphic bellows surmounted by an ovoid head in which the orbits are devoid of eyeballs. The brow bones are underlined by a fine incision in the wood, the prognathic mouth is in pout. The object being laid flat, the rear surface has characteristic erosions. According to an ancestral technique, these fire bellows maintained the fire permanently for a few days. The apprentice blacksmiths were introduced by the ancients to the sexual symbolism of the forge bellows. An eroded patina confirms its frequent use.
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