Standing female figure "jo nyeleni" ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3048247

Description

wood, metal, rest.

“Jo nyeleni” are the property of the “jo”, an association to which all initiated men and women of a village community belong and according to whose rules and moral principles social life is strictly regulated.

They are used during “numu jo” initiation performances that take place every seven years. During the performance, the initiate children are “killed” and fully formed men are “reborn” into the community as “children of jo” (“jodenw”).

The object Standing female figure “jo nyeleni” with the object ID 3048247 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 137.

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