Bura Terracotta Funerary Figure Foot legba Social cohesion and moral order

Social cohesion and moral order are further maintained through secret associations such as So

a time when today’s vast desert was a fertile savanna teeming with life

Their material culture draws heavily on the natural environment—mud

carved in one piece with the figure

Bura Terracotta Funerary Figure Foot legba Social cohesion and moral orderThe Bura Asinda Sikka culture, c. 200 1200AD, Niger or Burkina Faso, West Africa. This fascinating ancient terracotta foot fragment, dating from 200 1200 AD, is a compelling remnant of the Bura Asinda Sikka culture of West Africa. A rare survival from a larger sculptural figure, this fragment offers insight into the artistic traditions and symbolic representations of one of the Sahels most enigmatic civilizations. The Bura culture, flourishing in the