Mossi Female Figure, Burkina FasoLight brown wood with thick encrustations Height 13in (33cm) Provenance Christine Valluet, Paris Drs. John & Nicole Dintenfass Collection, New York, acquired in 1995 Martin Lerner Collection, New York, acquired from the above in 1996 Cf. Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Alain et François Chaffin, Paris, 1987, fig. 10, for a large figure with similar features, including elongated torso and arms, sagittal crest and high pointed breasts.
Mossi Female Figure, Burkina FasoLight brown wood with thick encrustations Height 13in (33cm) Provenance Christine Valluet, Paris Drs. John & Nicole Dintenfass Collection, New York, acquired in 1995 Martin Lerner Collection, New York, acquired from the above in 1996 Cf. Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Alain et François Chaffin, Paris, 1987, fig. 10, for a large figure with similar features, including elongated torso and arms, sagittal crest and high pointed breasts.
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