Zemanek-Münster

Flute playing "bla bochio"

Benin, Fon
sold EUR 1,000
Provenance
Alain Lecomte, Paris, France
Pierre Gavignot, Ile de France, France
Size
H: 62 cm
H: 24.4 inch

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, nearly entirely sewn in cloth which is saturated with mass, wrapped with cord and cowrie shell strings and embroidered with amulet-like wooden pads, remains of fabric at the cap-like headdress, entirely coated by a thick encrusted layer of various sacrificial material, on plug-shaped base, pedestal


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