Standing female figure ·  Guinea, Loma, Macenta Area · ID: 3034607

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, two silvermetal rings, high-towering slender body with accentuated navel, geometrical scarification marks on the belly, unusual pyramidal coiffure with four horn-like lobes on the edges, “punched” facial features, slightly dam., cracks, paint rubbed off, rep. (right foot), socle;
the Loma, who live in Northern Liberia and Southern Guinea, are often referred to as “Buzi”. At the same time they are often inaccurately called “Toma” in literature, probably because of the careless pronounciation of African names on the part of the original French settlers. Only few figures of the Loma are known. For a comparable see M. Meneghini, 2006, p. 53. But there is a variety of masks which are used during the “poro” mens society ceremonies.

Comparing literature

Meneghini, Mario, Collecting African Art in Liberia and Neighboring Countries 1963 - 1989, o.O. 2006, p. 53, ill. 18