Figurally carved dignitary staff · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3042706
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, GermanySize
H: 149 cm
H: 58.7 inch
Description
wood, black and light brown patina, red pigment, leather, crowned by slender female figure, carved with bracelets and fine incised scarification marks, eyes and earring from zinc sheet, necklace from seed capsules, slightly dam. (left ear/earring missing), crack, abrasion of paint
Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 56