Mossi Female Figure, Burkina Faso
height 18 1/2in (47cm)
on lozenge-form block feet and slightly bent legs with diminutive knee caps supporting voluminous buttocks and gently sloping hips, the cylindrical torso with broad shoulders leading to gradually tapering bent arms hanging at the sides and voluminous, downward pointed breasts, the long barrel-form neck supporting a spherical head flanked with crescent-shaped, pierced ears and crested with an incised coiffure below a heart-shaped facial plane with raised almond-shaped eyes, elongated nose with pierced nostrils and diminutive slit mouth; incised feather-like tattooing on the face and incised linear tattooing on the chest and torso; fine varying dark brown patina.
Provenance
Private Collection, New York
on lozenge-form block feet and slightly bent legs with diminutive knee caps supporting voluminous buttocks and gently sloping hips, the cylindrical torso with broad shoulders leading to gradually tapering bent arms hanging at the sides and voluminous, downward pointed breasts, the long barrel-form neck supporting a spherical head flanked with crescent-shaped, pierced ears and crested with an incised coiffure below a heart-shaped facial plane with raised almond-shaped eyes, elongated nose with pierced nostrils and diminutive slit mouth; incised feather-like tattooing on the face and incised linear tattooing on the chest and torso; fine varying dark brown patina.
Provenance
Private Collection, New York
Estimate:
US$ 8,000 - 12,000
€6,200 - 9,300
£5,300 - 7,900
€6,200 - 9,300
£5,300 - 7,900
Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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