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Standing female figure "jo nyeleni", Mali, Bamana, Taille: H: 73 cm, ID: 3041977
Standing female figure "jo nyeleni", Mali, Bamana, Taille: H: 73 cm, ID: 3041977 - 2/5 Standing female figure "jo nyeleni", Mali, Bamana, Taille: H: 73 cm, ID: 3041977 - 3/5 Standing female figure "jo nyeleni", Mali, Bamana, Taille: H: 73 cm, ID: 3041977 - 4/5 Standing female figure "jo nyeleni", Mali, Bamana, Taille: H: 73 cm, ID: 3041977 - 5/5
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Lot 124
85th Tribal Art Auction

Standing female figure "jo nyeleni" ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3041977

Vendu 4 500 €
Provenance
Hans Heller, fought in WW I and was a hunting friend of Hemingway. He did many famous old films on hunting lions with Massai. Heller had business throughout Africa and had an important African Art collection. He bought his objects in the 1930’s-40’s.
James Stephenson, New York, USA

Description

wood, rich blackish-brown patina, ten metal earrings, elongated trunk with broad angular shoulders, breasts and navel particularly emphasized, slightly dam., ear holes broken out in parts, insect caused damage (coiffure), rep. (breakage at the right forearm), abrasion of paint, plate;
“jo nyeleni” figures depict the ideal of a young woman in the prime of life. They are used in a seven years term on the occasion of initiation celebrations of the “jo society”.

L’objet Standing female figure “jo nyeleni” avec l’ID d’objet 3041977 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 85th Tribal Art Auction dans 4 mars 2017 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 124 a atteint un prix de vente de 4 500 €.

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