Kneeling female figure

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Description

wood, blackish brown patina, slightly sticky in parts, narrow helmet-shaped head with chin plug, thick encrusted sacrificial patina, slightly dam., base;
figural sculpture was poured with sacrificaial liquids. Many different substances are used for sacrifice, including the blood of chicken, sheep, and goats slaughtered for this purpose. Pulp with millet flour or flour made from the fruit and seeds of the “baobab” and “yullo” trees and concoctions of burned herbs, charcoal, and shea oil or the oil of the “sa” tree.

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Expertise

Alain de Monbrison, Paris, 5 January 2017

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Publications

AHDRC: 0142095

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