Zemanek-Münster

Standing female figure

Burkina Faso, Mossi
sold EUR 300
Provenance
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 41,5 cm
H: 16.3 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, strings of glass beads, metal earrings, scarifications, sacrificial traces, rep. (right arm, back), cracks, on base;
while masks exclusively were used in rural areas, the figural sculptures belonged to the scope of the sovereigns, the “nakomsé”.


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