250973 - Rare African Mossi medicine bowl - Burkina Faso.

250973 - Rare African Mossi medicine bowl - Burkina Faso.
€95.00

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.