Standing female figure "lü ma" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3032667
sold
EUR 1,800
Provenance
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 21st October 1980, lot 49Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 59,5 cm
H: 23.4 inch
Description
wood, matt brown patina, dressed with an textile loincloth, rich scarification marks, the eye zone accentuated by paint, metal teeth, elaborate coiffure, partly consisting of plaited plant fibre, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, on wooden base
Comparing literature
Barbier, Jean Paul (ed.), Art of Côte d' Ivoire, Vol II, Genf 1993, p. 67