Exhibitors Details

Siamou or Turka Spirit Figure

These are shrine figures used to communicate with the spirit world. They represent spirits, not individuals; hence, their abstracted arms.

Burkina Faso

H 11.5IN

H 29.21CM

Bill Wright, New York acquired the figure in Bobo-Dioulasso in the early 1970s

James Willis, San Francisco

Dave Dahl, Portland

Very good condition, crack on chest and abdomen, broken and reglued foot; appropriate wear for age of piece (circa 1930).