A Ci Wara Couple of the Segou region, of large proportions, standing on a square base, the four short legs supporting an elongated body, and an archaic neck with elaborate openwork mane, the downturned faced head, surmounted by abstract ears and long pointed horns; partly encrusted dark-brown patina, signs of erosion, the bodys and the bases in weathered condition.

LaGamma, Alisa, Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2003:109, Bamana, the Art of Existance, Jean-Paul Colleyn (ed.), Rietberg Museum Zürich, Museum for African Art New York, 2001: 201 - 233

700 - 900,- Euro

78/71 cm