Standing male ancestor figure "blolo bian" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3037832
sold
EUR 1,600
Provenance
Heinz Reschke, Frankfurt, Germany (collected in situ in the 1930’s)from 1934-38 H. Reschke was scholar and assistant of Leo Frobenius. Later he worked as curator at the Museum für Völkerkunde, Frankfurt.
Size
H: 42 cm
H: 16.5 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, string with six glass beads, body and facial features arranged striking symmetrical, especially the fine carved hands enclosing the navel, crested coiffure with fine grooves and knurled headband, raised scarifications on face and neck, carved base with notched rim and incised lines, slightly dam. (left ear), missing parts through insect caused damage at the underside of the base, crack at the same place, abrasion of paint