Extremely Rare African Mossi medicine bowl - Burkina Faso. (No reserve price)

Burkina Faso: Rare African medicine bowl from the Mossi. size: 6.5 cm high and 6cm in diameter. This solid bronze metal sculpture, used by a Mossi medicine man to blend medicinal herbs, depicts a stylized communal cauldron, a symbol of African wildlife and a powerful emblem of strength, vigilance, and kingship. It is handcrafted in Burkina Faso using the traditional lost-wax technique, widely used in West Africa.

Estimate:$1.12

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