MOSSI STYLE FIGURE 5, Burkina Faso

Photographs © Tim Hamill

MOSSI
FIGURE 5
19.25 " high x 7.25" wide x 5" deep
$250
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Figures like these 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. 

 

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