A Bobo/Koro standing warrior figure, Burkina Faso, with cres...
A Bobo/Koro standing warrior figure, Burkina Faso, with crescent shaped headdress, the body carved as square scales, with pronounced belly button and visible genitalia, holding a short knife, 51.5cm; a Baule seated ancestor figure, Asie Usu, Ivory Coast, wearing a pith helmet, the sides of the face with scarification marks, his hands joining at the tip of his plaited beard, seated upon a stool, 47cm, both figures covered in a thick pigment,
Footnote: The collection of Eric Mayes.
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A Bobo/Koro standing warrior figure, Burkina Faso, with crescent shaped headdress, the body carved as square scales, with pronounced belly button and visible genitalia, holding a short knife, 51.5cm; a Baule seated ancestor figure, Asie Usu, Ivory Coast, wearing a pith helmet, the sides of the face with scarification marks, his hands joining at the tip of his plaited beard, seated upon a stool, 47cm, both figures covered in a thick pigment,
Footnote: The collection of Eric Mayes.
