Standing female figure · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3034923
German Private Collection
Description
wood, black patina, high-towering figure with the arms carved close to the body, slightly dam. (coiffure, navel), missing parts through insect caused damage (foot zone, base, left calf), base;
probably once beloning to a pair of figures. It may be suggested that the figure represents a bush spirit “asie usu”, which belonged to the property of a fortune teller. But unless collected in situ, the actual function of a figure cannot reliably be determined.
The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3034923 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 163.
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