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Description : **Originally Listed At $300** Africa, Niger, Burkina Faso, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th century CE. A hand-built terracotta memorial head, modeled in a characteristically phallic form with a pronounced, curved nose, applied petite eyes to either side, a ridged browline over the eyes and across the bridge of the nose, and a caplike, textured coiffure from the Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture along the lower Niger River valley in Niger and Burkina Faso. Examples like this were initially discovered in 1975, many by farmers who were preparing their fields. Hence many Bura sculptural works were accidentally broken by shovels before serious archaeological excavations began in 1983. Similar ceramic forms have been found upside down in graves, buried with their openings faced downwards, filled with belongings (cloth remnants and other objects), teeth, and some bones of the deceased. This traditional ritual demonstrates the Bura-Asinda-Sikka people's belief in the continuation of fruitfulness from birth to life to death to rebirth. Size: 2.25 in diameter x 10.875 H (5.7 cm x 27.6 cm) Provenance: private Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota USA collection, acquired 2010-2011 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. #158250
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