Description
Post representing a standing female figure treated in a few simple volumes, the arms free of the body, the chest marked. Heavy eroded wood. Mossi, Burkina Faso. H. 70 cm. Provenance : - Emmanuel Bordier Collection This type of post was planted in pairs in front of the chief's hut (see photo in C. Roy, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, p. 9 and explanations p. 170).
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Post representing a standing female figure treated in a few simple volumes, the arms free of the body, the chest marked. Heavy eroded wood. Mossi, Burkina Faso. H. 70 cm. Provenance : - Emmanuel Bordier Collection This type of post was planted in pairs in front of the chief's hut (see photo in C. Roy, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, p. 9 and explanations p. 170).