Standing female figure "jo nyeleni" ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3035330

Description

wood, lusterless blackish brown patina, conical projecting breasts, strong neck, saggital-crest coiffure, slightly dam., missing parts (both foot tips, heels), crack (right ear), min. traces of insect caused damage (right arm, back), socle

The object Standing female figure “jo nyeleni” with the object ID 3035330 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 115.

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Comparing literature

Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 50