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Female figure "jo nyeleni" - Mali, Bamana

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Standing female figure "jo nyeleni" - Mali, Bamana: 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

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Female figure "jo nyeleni" - Mali, Bamana

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heavy wood, brown patina, blackened in parts, characteristic accentuation of the breasts, hands resting on the broad hips, metal earring, eyes inset with metal tags, rep. (breakage left hip), traces of abrasion
H: 51 cm, H: 20,1 inch
Provenance:
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
Continent: Africa

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Female figure "jo nyeleni" - Mali, Bamana

Name: Female figure \"jo nyeleni\" - Mali, Bamana
SKU: 50969569
Price: 800 EUR
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