Standing male figure ·  Burkina Faso, Gurunsi · ID: 3032967

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Description

wood, partly shiny patina, protruding mouth and big ears, min. dam., missing part (left foot tip), cracks, slight traces of abrasion, on wooden base;
in contrast to the masks, which were performed in public, the figural objects of the Gurunsi were strictly kept hidden. They are exclusively used for sooth-saying and were kept in special shrines for the rest of the time.

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Littérature comparée

Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 251, ill. 213

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Publications

van de Velde, Lucien, Traditional art from the West African Savanna, Antwerpen 2010

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Exposition

"Traditional Art from the West African Savanna", Lucien Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium, October 2010

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