A female Jonyeleni maternity, Malinke related, standing on a circular base, the short bent legs terminating in a mini-shirt, the slightly bent torso with a pointed navel, the slender torso, enormous protruding breats,squared shouders beneath a columnar neck, surmounted by an oval head with a flat fascial plane, small, pointed mouth, the domed coiffure dressed as three striaited tresses; encrusted sacrification.patina.

Lit.: Colleyn, Jean Paul, Bamana, Art of Existance in Mali, Museum for African Art, NY, Museum Rietberg, Zuerich, 2001: 143

1.200 - 1.600.- Euro

Height: 70 cm