Figural sculpture ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Atié · ID: 3035039

Description

wood, dark brown patina, encrusted in some areas, abstract body: board-shaped, pierced three-times, headcrest with drilled hole, slightly dam. (feet), crack, paint rubbed off, socle;
figures like the present represent spirits or ancestors and were most likely used in a rite called “logbu”.

The object Figural sculpture with the object ID 3035039 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 157 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.

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