Standing female figure "asie usu" or "blolo bla" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3041741
Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, string of miniature glass beads, typical posture, raised scarification marks, elaborate coiffure with braids and neck lobe, strongly encrusted patina in some areas, sacrificial traces (?), base;
either representing a “blolo bla” figure (= female partner from the other world) or an “asie usu” figure (= bush spirit). Bush spirits are displayed between the fortune teller and the client during a public performance. But unless collected in situ, the actual function of a figure cannot reliably be determined.
The object Standing female figure “asie usu” or “blolo bla” with the object ID 3041741 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 14 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.
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AHDRC: 0141952