Figural handle ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3037593

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, black paint, metal tag eyes, necklace with miniature glass beads, in shape of a standing female figure, elaborate work: thin arms carved with bracelets, fine scarification marks, proportionally big head, oval facial plane with slanting face halves, big c-shaped ears and crested coiffure, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, missing parts (left ear, base), crack (left side of the head, breast), base

Comparing literature

Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 69