Standing female figure

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Description

wood, dark brown patina, remains of pigments, egg-shaped head with crested coiffure and accentuated facial features, face and body coated with scarification marks, prominent navel, rep. (breakage left foot), fine cracks, small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base;
the Wé, whose name means “men who easily forgive”, live in the forests on the western frontier of the Ivory Coast. They are in fact two separate tribes - the Ngere and the Wobe. Wé statues are rare. The ones that do exist display Dan-like features and are identifiable through the series of scarifications that appear on the abdomen and face - such as a curved line running from the nostrils to the temple or a central ridge on the forehead.

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Comparing literature

Bacquart, Jean-Baptiste, The Tribal Arts of Africa, London 1998, p. 45, ill. 9

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