MOSSI FIGURE 1, Burkina Faso

Photographs © Tim Hamill

MOSSI
FIGURE 1
10.25" high x 2.5" wide x 1.5" deep
$2500

Ex:  Alain Lecomte,  Paris

This simple but elegant figure 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.  Note the missing right foot and minor wood loss on the upper back and neck.

 




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