• Portfolio
  • Collections
  • Artists
  • Log In
Artwork Archive Logo
  • Discovery
Jürg Wittwer

Jürg Wittwer

Message
  • Portfolio
  • Collections
  • Artists
Couple Mossi de Yatenga
  • Couple Mossi de Yatenga
  • Bronze
  • 13 x 32 cm
  • Inquire
  • Share
  • Facebook logo facebook Share this blog post via Facebook
  • Twitter logo twitter Share this blog post via Twitter
  • LinkedIn logo linkedin Share blog post via LinkedIn
  • Email logo email Share this blog post via email
Prev
Next

The two statues represent a couple lying on the floor with child. According to the seller the artworks comes from Yatenga, a northern province of Burkina Faso. (Some stylistic elements indicate that it could also be a Dogon art work. The Dogon live even further in the north, in today's Mali.)
In modern Yatenga, the most prominent city is Ouahigouya. This city served as the capital of the kingdom of Yatenga, a powerful kingdom out of the many Mossi kingdoms, but its influence decreased in the century following French colonisation. The city is famed today for being home to the Naba's (traditional kings) compound and the tomb of Naba Kango.

  • Subject Matter: African Art
  • Collections: African Bronze Statues

Other Work From Jürg Wittwer

Lobi Rain Dancer
Ankle Bracelet Gan/Kaa
Ancestor Couple Senoufo
Touareg Ceremonial Spear
Old Lobi Man "la sagesse"
Couple Ashanti
Lobi Rain Dancer
Two Nigerian Heads
Lobi Couple
Baoulé Couple
See all artwork from Jürg Wittwer
 

Powered by Artwork Archive