Standing female figure "asie usu", Côte d'Ivoire, Baule, Size: H: 41,5 cm (H: 16.3 inch), ID: 3047121

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Lot 177

Standing female figure "asie usu" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3047121

sold EUR 3,800

Provenance

Ulrich Klever, St. Georgen, Germany

Size

H: 41,5 cm

H: 16.3 inch

Description

wood, kaolin, base

The fancy hairstyle, as well as the luxurious equipment with scarification marks give this figure a very individual character.

It is completely dyed with kaolin and the encrusted structure in some places testifies to repeated sacrifice.

The object Standing female figure “asie usu” with the object ID 3047121 was part of the auction 96th Auction on April 24, 2021. The object with the lot number 177 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,800 with an asking price of EUR 3,000.

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Publications

Klever, Ulrich, Bruckmann's Handbuch der afrikanischen Kunst, München 1975, p. 129, ill. 111

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