Four small stone figures "nomoli" ·  Sierra Leone, Sherbro · ID: 3035305

Description

lime stone, all in a crouching position, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
such figures were found in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and on the Ivory Coast. They were used in fertility rites to grant a good rice harvest. The treatment of the “nomoli” was not affected by reference for them. If the harvest was not satisfying, it might have happened that the stone figures were whipped, sometimes until they were damaged or even destroyed.

The object Four small stone figures “nomoli” with the object ID 3035305 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 107 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.

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