Maternité ·  Burkina Faso, Mossi/Senufo border · ID: 3042051

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint, traces of kaolin, carrying two children, broad rounded shoulders and flat triangular breasts, incised linear scrarification marks, dam., cracks, insect caused missing parts (neck, left arm, seat), corpus of the stool and figures lower legs missing (insect caused/cut), base;
in contrast to masks, which are used by the “tengabisi” in family religious ceremonies, figures are used by the “nakomsè” in a political context, as visual affirmations of the “nam” or right to rule.