Standing female figure "blolo bla" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3031876
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Size
H: 33,5 cm
H: 13.2 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, slightly dam., crack (filled with mass), missing part (base), on pedestal;
with fine scarification and well-tressed hair representing the very ideal of female perfection in Baule culture and probably carved as a wife from the other world. The gentle swelling of her stomach, emphasized by the gesture of her hands, suggests her pregnancy.
The object Standing female figure “blolo bla” with the object ID 3031876 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 313.
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