Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold
EUR 3,500
Provenance
Lempertz, Brussels, 24 October 2018, Lot 266Size
H: 38,5 cm
H: 15.2 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Klever, Ulrich, Bruckmann's Handbuch der afrikanischen Kunst, München 1975Publications
AHDRC: 0155002