A collection Terracotta in the style of Bankoni, Mali, Consisting of three pieces, one with a stone grinder on the right, another on ecarrying a container on the back in the middle and a third one on the left wiht the hands ssimply resting on the lap. thick encrusted patina; signs of repair. Certificate of origin and provenance.

''Traces of a fourteenth- and fifteenth-century tradition of figurative representations in cast metal and fired clay have been found at a number of sites in the Bamana region near Bougouni and Diola. Bankoni elongated figures featuring active warriors and a kneeling female figure, may be an artistic precursor to more recent Bamana wood sculptures devoted to similar subjects.' Source: The Met Museum, NY.

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Height: 24 cm / 27 cm / 28 cm
Weight: 1,2 kg / 1,1 kg / 1,4 kg