Flute playing "bla bochio"
Bénin, Fon
Vendu
1 000 €
Provenance
Alain Lecomte, Paris, FrancePierre Gavignot, Ile de France, France
Taille
H: 62 cm
H: 24.4 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, nearly entirely sewn in cloth which is saturated with mass, wrapped with cord and cowrie shell strings and embroidered with amulet-like wooden pads, remains of fabric at the cap-like headdress, entirely coated by a thick encrusted layer of various sacrificial material, on plug-shaped base, pedestal