Standing male ancestor figure "blolo bian" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3037833

Description

wood, rich blackish brown patina, block-like body with narrow shoulders, big hands resting aside a prominent navel, unusually “enlivened” facial features with inclined head and lowered eyelids, haido and chin beard extraordinarily artificial and fine carved, just as the tribal marks on neck, belly and back, even the sides of the base provided with ornamental decor, slightly dam., missing parts (plaits), crack (left side of head and body), rep. (base), abrasion of paint

The object Standing male ancestor figure “blolo bian” with the object ID 3037833 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 203 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,500.

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