Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Vendu
300 €
Provenance
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, SwitzerlandTaille
H: 41,5 cm
H: 16.3 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, strings of glass beads, metal earrings, scarifications, sacrificial traces, rep. (right arm, back), cracks, on base;
while masks exclusively were used in rural areas, the figural sculptures belonged to the scope of the sovereigns, the “nakomsé”.