Anthropomorphic monkey figure "amuin" or "amuin ba" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3043446

Description

wood, strongly encrusted greyish brown patina, loincloth, rich sacrificial traces, both arms (originally holding a bowl) missing, various further missing parts, cracks, base.
These originally “gbekre” called figures are supernatural beings whose primary role was to protect the people.

The object Anthropomorphic monkey figure “amuin” or “amuin ba” with the object ID 3043446 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 197 achieved a sales price of EUR 650.

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