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Description : West Africa, Mali, Bankoni culture, ca. 13th to 14th century CE. A hand-built terracotta vessel of an elongated form with a ridged spine and highly abstract zoomorphic features. The cylindrical body has protruding nodules along the large ridge which may indicate limbs. Nodules encircle the top of the body and form a neck where a rounded head protrudes. Perhaps this is an abstract imagining of a gazelle or another grassland creature. Scholars posit that effigy figures like this example were used in a ritualistic context. Size: 3.25 W x 7 H (8.3 cm x 17.8 cm), 7.5 H (19 cm) on included custom stand. Bankoni figures are named for the first place they were discovered, a village close to Bamako. They are some of the oldest known representative figures from the Western Sudan region, and were found buried in ritual mounds. Provenance: private Houston, Texas, USA collection, purchased from Andrew Berz at Berz Gallery of African Art, San Francisco, California, USA in 2014 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #162916
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