Standing female figure "jo nyeleni" ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3039343

Description

wood, dark brown patina, green glass beads, striking voluminous short lower part of the body in contrast to an exreme overlong upper part, rich tribal marks on face and body in shape of notches and incised lines, helmet-shaped head, massive bow-shaped ears with ear ornament, slightly dam., rep. (breakage at the back of the base fixed by metal clamps)

The object Standing female figure “jo nyeleni” with the object ID 3039343 was part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction on October 31, 2015. The object with the lot number 181 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,600 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.

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