Standing female figure "waka sran" (person of wood) · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3051386
Samir Borro, Brussels, Belgium
Description
wood, pigment, base
What is particularly striking about this figure is the daintiness of her stature, the large round eyes and the tattoos arranged in rays at the corners of her mouth, but above all the prominent hairstyle with long braids hanging down to her shoulders.
For a comparable figure from the Dallas Museum of Art, see AHDRC 0057528 and two further figures of this type, AHDRC 0057520 and 0184692.
The object Standing female figure “waka sran” (person of wood) with the object ID 3051386 was last part of the auction Auction 103 at November 16, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 163 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.
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