Figure
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Unidentified artist or workshop, Mossi style
Medium
Wood
Geography
Burkina Faso
Date
before 1981
Dimensions
H. 57 cm, W. 9 cm, D. 11 cm
Object number
2009.126.251
Credit Line
Donated by Esther Amrad Dagan in memory of her daughter Halit, and in homage to unknown African artists
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Global Africa
Description
Carved wooden stylized figure with rounded head, lightly incised facial features, crest hairdo, neckring, cylindrical torso, and no limbs. The lower half shows some damage and was likely buried in the ground. This was possibly a ritual figure used to protect fields.
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