Standing female figure ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Abron · ID: 3037467

Description

wood, black patina, kaolin, abundantly adorned with strings of polychrome miniature glass beads, high towering coiffure with lobes arranged in vertical rows, both hands resting on the bulging abdomen of a pregnant woman, min. dam., 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 3037467 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 197.

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