Small male figure · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3038284
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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”.
The object Small male figure with the object ID 3038284 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 198.
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