Standing female ancestor figure "blolo bla" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3033817

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, black paint, camwood powder, kaolin, elaborate coiffure with small lobes on either side, abundant decorated shoes, adorned with arm and leg rings, raised scarification marks on face and body, the eyes accentuated by kaolin, collection number backside on the right shoe: “AJP1118”, slightly dam., cracks (back of the head, back), on wooden plate;
embodying the female ideal of Baule culture; elaborate coiffure and scarification marks are considered as signs of beauty.

The object Standing female ancestor figure “blolo bla” with the object ID 3033817 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 158 achieved a sales price of EUR 6,000.

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