Figure mystérieuse / Poupée marionnette portant une cape en tissu · Burkina Faso, Bobo · ID: 3049334
Vendu
200 €
Provenance
Private Collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (acquired in Overvolta, ca. 1985)Description
wood, aluminium, fabric, plant fibres, base
A comparable figure published in Roy, 2007, cat. 206.
He assumes that figures of this kind belonged to the equipment of a diviner who had the spirits speak through the figures by means of ventriloquism.
Littérature comparée
Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, cat. 206