Standing female figure "jo nyeleni" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3034469

Name: Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
SKU: 3034469
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Marceau Rivière, Paris, France

Size

H: 29 cm

H: 11.4 inch

Description

wood, rich reddish brown patina with traces of black paint, eyes with bright-coloured inlay, diadem-like coiffure with side lobes, face and body abundantly adorned with linear scarification marks, drilled holes at the back of the head, dam. (nose), missing parts (both foot tips), socle;
“jo nyeleni” figures embody the spirits of the women who once founded the cult of “Jo”. They represent the ideal of a beautiful young woman. The figures appeared at big initiation festivities which only took place in a seven years turn. Mask figures called “yodenw” carried them from one village to the other, accompanied by the sound of a special gong, called “mango”.

The object Standing female figure “jo nyeleni” with the object ID 3034469 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 264.

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