Standing female figure · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3042385

Name: Standing female figure
SKU: 3042385
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France

Size

H: 47,5 cm

H: 18.7 inch

Description

wood, rich black shiny patina (palm oil), slender body with angular shoulders and accentuated female sexual characteristics, collection number “KMA005” at the backside of the base, slightly dam., cracks, abrasion of paint, base;
while masks exclusively were used in rural areas, the figural sculptures belonged to the scope of the sovereigns, the “nakomsé”. Present figure presumably represents an ancestor figure. Such figures are guarded and protected by Mossi chiefs and they are kept in special ancestral houses “kimse roogo”. These nude figures represent the political power of the Mossi chiefs. When exposed to public view once a year, they were clothed in fabric.

The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3042385 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 221.

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