Standing female figure · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3037116
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Size
H: 39 cm
H: 15.4 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, partly encrusted, traces of black paint, banded tattoos on forhead and nape, helmet-like coiffure with grooved middle parting, slightly dam., cracks (left side of the head, base);
the Guro call figural sculptures “mi iri nä” - “small wooden persons”. They are not associated with the ancestral cult. As ritual objects they are rather displayed on special shrines, called “zuzu”.