Small head crest "sogi-ni-kun" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3040662
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Size
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
Description
light brown wood, partly encrusted dark brown patina, oval base with eight holes for attachment, carved with arc-shaped superstructure in openwork-design, surmounted by three stylized half figures, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion
The object Small head crest “sogi-ni-kun” with the object ID 3040662 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 126.
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Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 163