Seated male figure "asie usu" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3053648

Description

wood, pigments, miniature beads, base

These sculptures are described as “asie usu’s stool”, because the spirit uses it as a resting point. Such works represent idealized male or female figures in their prime, which the “asie usu” consider desirable forms to inhabit.

Publications

Passauer Kreis e. V. (Hg.), Mangana, Passau 1994, p. 21

Exhibition

Manganga, Afrikanische Kunst aus ostbayerischen Privatsammlungen, Passau 1994