Standing female figure · Côte d'Ivoire, Atié · ID: 3037917
Michael Rhodes, New York, USA
Description
light brown wood, shiny blackish brown patina, string with white miniature glass beads, the neck carved with rings, sacrification marks on the upper part of the body, dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (feet), cracks, paint rubbed off, base;
the ethnic group of the Atié settling in the eastern part of the Ivory Coast’s Akan territory to the south of the Agni, sometimes already considered to be part of the Lagoon Peoples. Their figurative sculpture serves both, the veneration of the ancestors and the ceremonies of the “logbu” ritual.
The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3037917 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 162 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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