Female ancestor figure "blolo bla" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3042969
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 12 May 2007, lot 185
Description
wood, slightly shiny blackish brown patina, abundantly decorated with raised scarification marks, elaborate fine grooved coiffure, slightly dam., cracks, base.
Representing the female ideal in Baule culture. Elaborate coiffure and scarifications are signs of beauty. The extremly strong thighs should be a hint that she works hard on the fields and that her house never runs short of water and firewood.
The object Female ancestor figure “blolo bla” with the object ID 3042969 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 186.
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Comparing literature
André et Afo Guenneguez, Art de la Cote-d´Ivoire et de ses voisins, Paris, p. 143
Publications
AHDRC: 0058131