Lighthouse Altar
Bozo · Mali
Reference: MSOAL-12
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- Height
- 80 cm
- Material
- Wood and sacrificial substances
This statue represents Faro, genius of the waters, that has allowed and favors the fishing of the BozoLighthouse can occur in the form of an animal…
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Full original description
This statue represents Faro, genius of the waters, that has allowed and favors the fishing of the BozoLighthouse can occur in the form of an animal or a human being and, most often, under the appearance of a woman with white skin, with a pleasant presence, straight breasts, belly without navel and black hair mane, as indicated by Germaine Dieterlin and is the case of this piece. Lighthouse is the subject of permanent offerings by the Bozo to ask or thank a good fishing. The numerous libations of this statue attest to that.
Heavy wood statue made on a hard wood tree trunk.
Further technical information
- Width
- 32 cm
- Attributed period
- First third of the century XX or older
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Mali. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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