Standing male ancestor figure "blolo bian" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3035908

Description

wood, shiny black patina, encrusted in some areas, typical posture and proportions, coiffure and beard particular elaborate, rich scarification marks, unusual large and vaulted eyes (instead of almond-shaped eyes with nearly closed lids), slightly dam., minor missing parts (coiffure, thumbs), crack (back), missing part backside at the base, base

The object Standing male ancestor figure “blolo bian” with the object ID 3035908 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 265 achieved a sales price of EUR 7,500.

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