Female figure "lü mä" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3039640
sold
EUR 2,500
Provenance
French CollectionAlexandre Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 82 cm
H: 32.3 inch
Description
wood, rich blackish brown patina, corresponding in frontal alignment, posture and modelling of the limbs, the mouth with metal teeth and the plant fibre coiffure are also equal to the male, even the modelling of the face with the horizontal deepened eye zone, incised scarifications on the face, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, vertical crack backside, base
Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 149 ff.