Couple of "asie usu" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3033564

Description

wood, brown patina, male/female, identical posture, well-balanced forms, regular facial features with elaborate coiffures, dam. (nose of the female, mouth area), the surface as a whole signed by strong abrasion, wash patina, on metal plate;
carved figures constitute the abodes of the bush spirits that periodically possess the diviner and allow him or her to fortell the future and to analyze the source of misfortunes.

The object Couple of “asie usu” with the object ID 3033564 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 161 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.

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