Head · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3034821
sold
EUR 520
Size
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, remains of paint, metal nails, the eyes inset with metal tags, slender neck with projection for mortising, min. dam., cracks, traces of abrasion, wooden base;
presumably belonging to a puppet figure “merekun”.
Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 90, ill. 65