Standing female figure "blolo bla" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3050024

Description

wood, white pigment, metal, missing parts, base

The figure embodies a “spouse from the otherworldly world”, whom the Baule believe that they can influence the fortunes of the living.

For a figure probably by the same carver, see Klever, 1975, p. 129, ill. 111.

The object Standing female figure “blolo bla” with the object ID 3050024 was last part of the auction 101st Auction at November 11, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 216 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,500.

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Comparing literature

Klever, Ulrich, Bruckmann's Handbuch der afrikanischen Kunst, München 1975

Publications

AHDRC: 0155002