Standing female figure ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Atié · ID: 3032531

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”.

The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3032531 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 309 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,400.

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