Canne avec figure féminine "solima bere" · Mali, Bamana, région de Sikasso, cercle de Kolondiéba, village Fakola · ID: 3046702
Vendu
2 600 €
Provenance
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, GermanyAmerican Private Collection
Description
wood, metal, leather, traces of sticky sacrificial patina, old collection number and inscription “F 124 / 64 Bambara / Mali - Cercel (Cercle) de Fakola - Krieg”, rest.
Fakola is a community in the Kolondiéba circle / district in the Sikasso region.
This staffs were used in the initiation of girls into womanhood.
Littérature comparée
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 56
Publications
AHDRC: 0170874