Zemanek-Münster

Female figure "waka sran" or "blolo bla"

Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold EUR 2,700
Provenance
Vittorio Mangio, Monza, Italy (coll. in the 1960s/70s)
Size
H: 51,5 cm
H: 20.3 inch

Description

wood, cord material, miniature glass beads, cowries, base

In general, the Baule group figural sculpture under the generic term “waka sran”, literally “person made of wood”.


Comparing literature

Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule, African Art - Western Eyes, New York 1997, p. 97

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