Female figure "tasé" · Burkina Faso, Turka · ID: 3045652
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Provenance
Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland (2005)Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 17,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch
Description
wood,
Present figure was probably part of a male/ female pair of figures from the possession of a diviner. At the séances, the spirits spoke through the figures in high-pitched otherworldly voices. Mostly they were used when it came to the investigation of a death.