Female figure "jo nyeleni" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3035333
Description
wood, greyish brown patina, adorned with six colourful beaded strings, aluminium eyes, small in size but showing the typical posture and characteristic features (strong neck, crested coiffure, accentuated breasts), slightly dam. (nose, coiffure), missing parts (both hands), crack (above all backside), rep. (breakages in the base cramped by silver metal tabs), insect caused damage on the underside
The object Female figure “jo nyeleni” with the object ID 3035333 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 116.
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