Standing female figure "blolo bla" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3040250
Description
wood, dark brown patina, traces of black paint, fine work of carving: regular facial features, symmetrical arranged limbs, clear cut forms, prominent coiffure arranged in four bulbous lobes with fine grooves and knob-shaped middle part, the neck carved with fine grooves, burled tattoos, arm- and leg rings, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, crack (base), custom mount
The object Standing female figure “blolo bla” with the object ID 3040250 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 302.
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Publications
Galerie Philippe Ratton (ed.), 49 sculptures de Côte d' Ivoire, Paris 2014, p. 50