Female figure "waka sran" or "blolo bla" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3047310
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