Horse Head
Bambara · Mali
Reference: TRRC-28
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- Height
- 4 cm
- Material
- Terracotta
Horse head of the Bambara or Bamana, stone. Fragment certainly a complete figure of horse and knight like the many that have appeared throughout the Niger…
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Full original description
Horse head of the Bambara or Bamana, stone. Fragment certainly a complete figure of horse and knight like the many that have appeared throughout the Niger Delta. The horse occupies an important place in culture Bambara. This piece is very old but difficult to date if not by means of a thermoluminescence test. It comes from the region of Segú.
Further technical information
- Width
- 10 cm
- Attributed period
- Century XII a XVII
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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