Doorpost with anthropomorphic heads ·  Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3048841

Description

wood, pigments, base

These posts were placed in pairs at the entrances of “nakomsé” chiefs and served to hold a woven screen that closed the entrance like a door.

Expertise

Certificat d' Authenticite, Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, 4 Mai 2005

Comparing literature

Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, p. 33, ill. 5