Maternité - Burkina Faso, Mossi/Senufo border
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wood, brown patina, black paint, traces of kaolin, carrying two children, broad rounded shoulders and flat triangular breasts, incised linear scrarification marks, dam., cracks, insect caused missing parts (neck, left arm, seat), corpus of the stool and figures lower legs missing (insect caused/cut), base;
in contrast to masks, which are used by the "tengabisi" in family religious ceremonies, figures are used by the "nakomsè" in a political context, as visual affirmations of the "nam" or right to rule.
H: 58 cm, H: 22,8 inch
Provenance:
Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France
Continent: Africa
in contrast to masks, which are used by the "tengabisi" in family religious ceremonies, figures are used by the "nakomsè" in a political context, as visual affirmations of the "nam" or right to rule.
H: 58 cm, H: 22,8 inch
Provenance:
Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France
Continent: Africa
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Maternité - Burkina Faso, Mossi/Senufo border
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