TOUSSIAN, Burkina Faso. Dance crest "Kablê" representing a...
TOUSSIAN, Burkina Faso. Dance crest "Kablê" representing a stylized buffalo. It ensures fertility and prosperity for the family that owns it. Heavy wood with a crusty lateritic patina. The trapezoid face is crenellated on the forehead and the bridge of the nose. Holes in the skull and hindquarters supported wooden pegs in the shape of a bird.
Height: 48 cm.
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TOUSSIAN, Burkina Faso. Dance crest "Kablê" representing a stylized buffalo. It ensures fertility and prosperity for the family that owns it. Heavy wood with a crusty lateritic patina. The trapezoid face is crenellated on the forehead and the bridge of the nose. Holes in the skull and hindquarters supported wooden pegs in the shape of a bird.
Height: 48 cm.
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