Small male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
not available anymore
Size
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, partly encrusted, the head slightly turned to the left, elaborate coiffure, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
the Guro call figural sculptures “mi iri nä” - “small wooden persons”. They are not associated with the ancestral cult. As ritual objects they are rather displayed on special shrines, called “zuzu”.