Mysterious figure / hand puppet in cloth cape · Burkina Faso, Bobo · ID: 3049334
sold
EUR 200
Provenance
Private Collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (acquired in Overvolta, ca. 1985)Size
H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch
Description
wood, aluminium, fabric, plant fibres, base
A comparable figure published in Roy, 2007, cat. 206.
He assumes that figures of this kind belonged to the equipment of a diviner who had the spirits speak through the figures by means of ventriloquism.
The object Mysterious figure / hand puppet in cloth cape with the object ID 3049334 was last part of the auction Online Auction at September 27, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 184 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.
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Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, cat. 206