Standing female figure ·  Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3032668

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”.

The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3032668 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 175 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.

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