Standing female figure · Côte d'Ivoire, Atié · ID: 3032531
sold
EUR 2,400
Provenance
Josef Herman, Suffolk, Great BritainYann Ferrandin, Paris, France
Size
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, remains of kaolin, wearing strings of glass beads around the ankles, the hips and the neck, crowned by an oval head with simplified facial features and high headgear, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion, on wooden base;
figures like the present represent spirits or ancestors and were most likely used in a rite called “logbu”.