Standing female figure · Côte d'Ivoire, Abron · ID: 3036564

Name: Standing female figure
SKU: 3036564
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Bernard Bourbon, Île-de-France, France

Size

H: 37 cm

H: 14.6 inch

Description

wood, black patina, white and blue pigment, string of glass beads, the neck carved with rings, eyes, hands and feet accentuated by indigoblue pigment, coiffure in several lobes, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
like all the other peoples living in the east of the Ivory Coast, the Abron belong to the ethnic group of the Akan. In woodcarvings the geographical locations of the Baule in the west and the Akan/Ashanti in the east can easily be seen.

The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3036564 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 168.

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