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.

The object Doorpost with anthropomorphic heads with the object ID 3048841 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 163.

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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