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Lot 306
82nd Tribal Art Auction

Small female ancestor figure "blolo bla"

Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold EUR 1,500
Provenance
Bohumil Theophile Holas, Abidjan/Zurich, Nigeria/Switzerland
Swiss Private Collection
Size
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, hairdo arranged in two crested lobes, unusual rectangular mouth, neck rings, raised scarifications on the face, crack, rep. (breakage at the base), abrasion of paint

Publications

Holas, Bohumil, Die Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, Vevey 1969, p. 197
Africa
Figures

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