Standing female figure "tasé" · Burkina Faso, Turka · ID: 3052442
Starting price
EUR 300
Estimated price
EUR 500
Provenance
Jo de Buck, Brussels, BelgiumSize
H: 18,5 cm
H: 7.3 inch
Description
wood, base
Present figure was probably part of a male / female pair of figures from the possession of a diviner. At the séances, the spirits spoke through the figures in high-pitched otherworldly voices. Mostly they were used when it came to the investigation of a death.
Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, p. 426, ill. 229