Standing female figure · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3036592
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Description
wood, reddish brown patina, helmet-shaped head with an extreme short and flat chin and striking big round ears, the stocky body with conical breasts resting on bent legs, slightly dam., crack (base), base;
presumably a “jo nyeleni” figure, the depiction of a “beautiful young woman of jo”. The new initiates travelled around for several months, visiting the villages nearby to point out their new state of adulthood, and demonstrate their wish to marry.