Photographs © Tim Hamill
MOSSI
FIGURE 4
20.25
" high x 5.5" wide x 5" deep
$250
SOLD
Figures like these could have been used by either a chief or a commoner. For a chief it would have been a symbol of office or a memorial after death. The scarification patterns and body adornment were indications of rank.
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