Seated mother figure · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3048707
sold
EUR 850
Provenance
German Private CollectionSize
H: 76,5 cm
H: 30.1 inch
Description
wood, black paint residues, encrusted in some areas, glass beads, fabric, rest., base
This beautiful tall figure probably once held the head of a child with her left hand, offering her breast to drink.
It belongs to the category of bush spirits “asie usu”, which were the property of a “komien”, a fortune teller.
The object Seated mother figure with the object ID 3048707 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 172 achieved a sales price of EUR 850.
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