Standing female figure "lü mä"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan/ Bété
not available anymore
Provenance
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, FranceZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 14 March 2009, lot 151
Size
H: 51,5 cm
H: 20.3 inch
Description
wood, base
Figures of the Dan are rare, because the possession of a figure was connected with a blood sacrifice, in most cases of a cow, and the celebration of a big feast which not everybody could afford.
The figures are portraits of living persons, often even carrying the name of the represented human.
Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard/Himmelheber, Hans, Die Kunst der Dan, Museum Rietberg Zürich 1976, p. 153 ff.Publications
AHDRC: 0063208