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Rare male/female couple ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3043246

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Provenance
collected in situ, Bamako (1984)
Size
H: 56,5 cm (female)/ 67,5 cm (male)
H: 22.2 inch (female)/ 26.6 inch (male)

Description

wood, the female strongly marked by insect caused damage and cracks, the patina stronger rubbed off - the male figure more evenly covered by rich black patina.
The female “jo nyeleni” figures play an important role for initiation rites of young men. Depicted as a couple of male/female, they might represent “the primordial couple”.


The object Rare male/female couple with the object ID 3043246 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 145.

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