Standing female figure "asie usu" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3041259
Description
wood, black shiny patina, kaolin, fabric loincloth with belt from glass beads, rich sacrificial traces on the frontside of the figure, slightly dam., cracks;
because of the rich sacrificial traces most probably belonging to the figural type of “asie usu” figures. They are part of the basic equipment of “komien” (fortune-tellers), and assist them in their communication with helpful spirits. They are often displayed during sessions in which the diviner is possessed by a spirit and goes into trance. The statue has to be as attractive as possible in order to encourage the spirit to live in it.
The object Standing female figure “asie usu” with the object ID 3041259 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 183.
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