A Bamana horseman sculpture of the Kala region, plated with several brasssheets, the arms moveable, the pierced circular ears with iron rings, a helmlike coiffure, the hands turned forwards typical for the Kala-sulptures, analogue with the four standing sculpture of the Rietberg Exhibition.

Mary Jo Arnoldi, Bamana Art of Existance in Mali, Museum for African Art, New York, Museum Rietberg, Zürich, edit. by Jean Paul Colleyn, 2003: 158, 159

900 - 1.200,- Euro

Height: 40 cm