Staff with female figure "solima bere"
Mali, Bamana, Sikasso region, Kolondiéba circle, village Fakola
sold
EUR 2,600
Provenance
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, GermanyAmerican Private Collection
Size
H: 149 cm
H: 58.7 inch
Description
wood, metal, leather, traces of sticky sacrificial patina, old collection number and inscription “F 124 / 64 Bambara / Mali - Cercel (Cercle) de Fakola - Krieg”, rest.
Fakola is a community in the Kolondiéba circle / district in the Sikasso region.
This staffs were used in the initiation of girls into womanhood.
Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 56Publications
AHDRC: 0170874