The figures below have been sold and are left here for educational and research purposes.
For UNSOLD Mossi figures GO TO MOSSI FIGURES PAGE
Photographs © Hamill Gallery
MOSSI
FIGURES
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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