Standing female figure · Burkina Faso, Bobo · ID: 3052231
Starting price
EUR 2,500
Estimated price
EUR 5,000
Provenance
Ilia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany (1995)Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, 31 March 2012, lot 23
German Private Collection, Germany
Size
H: 37,5 cm
H: 14.8 inch
Description
wood, pigments, base
The most important artistic works of the Bobo are masks, existing in a great variety, while figural objects, such as dance staffs or figures are quite rare.
Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 354, ill. 305
Publications
AHDRC: 0212344