Standing female figure "jo nyeleni" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3041977
James Stephenson, New York, USA
Description
wood, rich blackish-brown patina, ten metal earrings, elongated trunk with broad angular shoulders, breasts and navel particularly emphasized, slightly dam., ear holes broken out in parts, insect caused damage (coiffure), rep. (breakage at the right forearm), abrasion of paint, plate;
“jo nyeleni” figures depict the ideal of a young woman in the prime of life. They are used in a seven years term on the occasion of initiation celebrations of the “jo society”.
The object Standing female figure “jo nyeleni” with the object ID 3041977 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 124 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,500.
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AHDRC: 0139708