Stone stele with relief figure · Burkina Faso, Nyonyosi · ID: 3047285
sold
EUR 1,500
Size
M: 43,5 cm x 24,5 cm
M: 17.1 inch x 9.6 inch
Description
stone, pigments,
These steles were probably placed on graves and were supposed to offer the souls of the dead a new home for eternity.
Comparing literature
Schweeger-Hefel, Annemarie, Steinskulpturen der Nyonyosi aus Ober-Volta, München 1981