Bura terracotta pottery #1128

 

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ITEM # SIZE ft.& in. DESCRIPTION, APPROX. AGE PRICE US$
#1128 3 1/2" x 9" Bura Terracotta funerary pottery, Bura Culture, Niger, just west of the Niger River, the Bura Culture thrived from the 3rd to the 16th Century, the hollow cylindrical urn would have been filled with jewels and small precious items, and a bone of the deceased; the phallic figure would then be buried upright on top of the prone male body, ensuring prosperity and virility in the afterlife, age unknown, but the patina looks authentic, and quite old POR