Mossi Wood Slingshot, Burkina Faso, Based

Figure with a V-shaped headdress and the posture of someone about to be asked a hard question.

This slingshot, mounted on a base is Mossi, from Burkina Faso, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is wood. The Mossi are the largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso and have a long history centered on the kingdoms of the Mossi plateau. Small standing figure with a blocky torso, short legs and a face beneath two tall, splayed prongs rising like ears. The surface is dark reddish brown, crusted and glossy in patches. It is mounted on a black rectangular base. It is 3.5 inches wide, 1.75 deep and 7.5 high.

Antennae up, arms down, entirely unbothered by the audience.