Sentry to the home
Item
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Object Title
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Sentry to the home
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Object ID
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AR_0001_03_0005
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Created By
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Lobi artisans
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Date
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1920-1940
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Owned By
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Florida A&M University Meek-Eaton Black Archives
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Medium
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wood
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Dimensions
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H x W: 53cm x 17cm l 21" x 6.5"
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Description
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Facial images of field spirits changed when newer spirits were crafted between 1920 and 1940. The human form is accompanied by a less passive, more active threat to any intruder who would present a threat. The boxer clearly is ready to do harm, and the 'Warning to men who threaten the family, flocks, or garden' is a clear warning that decapitation and death would result If the guardian's territory were to be transgressed.
'Sentry to home' (depicting a boxer), is an example of later field spirits created between 1920 and 1940.
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Object Notes
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Example of later spirits, showing a more human form. Unfortunately, the boxer's left arm was lost prior to shipping from Ghana
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Subject Of
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Field Spirits of the Fante
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Placed Used
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Ghana, Africa
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Collection Title
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Field Spirits of the Fante
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Classification
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African Artifacts and Objects
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Topic
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Agriculture
Labor
Spirituality
Superstitions
African Culture
Indigenous Religion
Farming
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Credit Line
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Collection of the Meek-Eaton Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum, Gift of Nana Araba Apt, Marian Sylvia Horowitz, and Richard Douglas, Ph.D.
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Restrictions and Rights
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All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of MEBA is an infringement of the copyright law.
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Spatial Coverage
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en
On Display
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Title
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AR_0001_03_0005
