Pair of figures ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3036156

Description

wood, matt dark brown patina, male/female, uniform posture and molding of the face, coiffures slightly varied, individual scarification marks, slightly dam., cracks (right side of the males body), abrasion of paint;
when a pair of figures is carved together, they cannot possibly represent spirit-spouses (which are always single pieces); they are inevitably spirits of nature, so-called “asie usu” and were used together by a trance diviner “komien”.

The object Pair of figures with the object ID 3036156 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 175 achieved a sales price of EUR 820.

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