Door/ shutter "anuan" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3045173
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, GermanySize
M: 129 cm x 56 cm
M: 50.8 inch x 22.0 inch
Description
wood, colour pigments, metal (pivots),
A Baule door was set directly into an earthen house wall with pivot hinges, normally no latch, and a rope pull hanging through a hole in the center.
Comparing literature
Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule, African Art - Western Eyes, New York 1997, p. 281