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Description

wood, slightly encrusted dark brown patina, in form of a standing male figure, playing a flute, surmounted by a standing kalao bird, min. dam., traces of abrasion, fine cracks, base;
the excact function of this object is unknown. Most likely it played a role in the “poro” secret society.

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Comparing literature

Boyer, Alain-Michel & Patrick Girard et.al., Arts premiers de Côte d' Ivoire, Sepia 1997, p. 31, ill. 11 Sotheby's New York, 15 May 2009, lot 27

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