Kikangu sculpture, designed to immortalize the deceased. The kikangu poles are not only funerary markers, contrary to popular belief, they do not represent the body or the deceased, but are objects of prestige and memory with a strong political value, and which also served as an intercession with the world beyond, and which could even be moved once if a family emigrated to another hill, it reinstalled it on another kaya, the sacred place of the burial of each clan. Giriama, Kenya Hardwood, lichens, beautiful patina and old erosions. H. 195 cm Provenance : Anne and Jacques Kerchache Collection Exhibition and Publication : Pierre Bergé et Associés sale of June 13, 2010, Anne and Jacques Kerchache Collection, lot 378 page 402.