Figural sculpture
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, GermanySize
H: 68 cm
H: 26.8 inch
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”.