Seated female figure in colon style ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3043437

Description

wood, dyed in red, colour accents in black, european facial features and footware, slightly dam., missing part (left thumb). This figure is an Other World figure (“blolo bla”) which would probably have belonged to a Baule man which is in keeping with the tradition that such figures are of the opposite sex (for a comparable figure see Ravenhill, 1996, ill. 15). European dress and culture were incorporated in Other World figures (“blolo bla”/“blolo bian”) from the early colonial period.

The object Seated female figure in colon style with the object ID 3043437 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 188 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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Comparing literature

Ravenhill, Philip L., Dreams and Reverie, Washington and London, 1996, p. 38, ill. 15