Standing figure · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3041884
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
Ludwig Schmidt, Munich, Germany
Description
corroded iron, arms with big hands and bracelets, min. dam., traces of corrosion, base;
presumably the upper part of a staff. They had to fulfill different tasks of public, political, but also private and spiritual nature. As status symbols they were placed at the entrance to family properties and marked the place where the family members used to place the sacrifices.
The object Standing figure with the object ID 3041884 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 120 achieved a sales price of EUR 750.
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Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 49, ill. 7