Standing female figure "blolo bla" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3035739

Description

wood, brown patina, unusual broad and square shoulders, even the facial features not smooth, but rather hard and sharp cut, the arms carved free, scarifications on face and nape, old collection number in red paint “53” backside on the right heel, slightly dam., (nose, eyes, coiffure), missing parts (both foot tips, right heel), cracks (coiffure, back), base

The object Standing female figure “blolo bla” with the object ID 3035739 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 260.

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Exhibition

Vevey, Switzerland, 1969