Cult vessel, solid bronze casting (around 1920) using the “Lost Form” process. A Mossi tribal leader in the former Upper Volta (now: Burkina Faso) used the object for purified water. The bulbous vessel is carried by a large turtle and, in addition to well-developed faces, shows two other turtles Turtles (see detail), height 46 cm. Ancestor veneration still plays an important role in the country's culture. [hint: this is an automatic translation from German]   |   Category: Kultgegenstände   |   Material: Metall   |   Country of origin: Burkina Faso | Similar pieces