Male/female couple, Ldamie · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3043271
sold
EUR 3,500
Provenance
Old British CollectionSize
H: 20 cm
H: 7.9 inch
Description
metal, fabric,
The couple can be attributed to the Dan artist Ldamie (died ca. 1947).
These figures were called “za mä” - “figure of metal”. Such brass figures had no religious meaning, they were used as pieces of jewellery. Only chiefs and people of higher ranks could afford them.
Comparing literature
Johnson, Barbara C., Four Dan Sculptors, San Francisco 1987, p. 94