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”.
The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3037116 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 212.
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