Female post figure "nakomsé"

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Description

wood, light reddish brown patina, abstract forms: an armless female torso rising from a post fragment, head with crested coiffure and accentuated nose ridge, dam., missing parts, weathering and insect caused damage, chips, metal plate;
presumably part of a paired door post (male-female) that are sunk in the ground to either side of the entrances to royal compounds. Their presence should inform the passerby of the importance of the occupant. As protective spirits they guarded the compound from evil.

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Comparing literature

Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, p. 390

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