Staff with female figure "solima bere" · Mali, Bamana, Sikasso region, Kolondiéba circle, village Fakola · ID: 3046702
American Private Collection
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.
The object Staff with female figure “solima bere” with the object ID 3046702 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 216 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,600.
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Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 56
Publications
AHDRC: 0170874