Standing figure
Mali, Bamana
sold
EUR 750
Provenance
Louis Pieter Cornelis van Rijn, Galerie Kephri, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1970)Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
Ludwig Schmidt, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 40,5 cm
H: 15.9 inch
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.