Standing male figure · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3033446
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Size
H: 9,5 cm
H: 3.7 inch
Description
brass, with patina, Baule weights with a figurative design break away from the hieraticism and conventions of wooden statues. Brass castings are used on account of the material’s mallebility. Hence figural weights in unexpected poses and scenes of everyday life or ritual activities were made.
The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3033446 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 239.
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Comparing literature
Boyer, Alain-Michel, Baule, Mailand 2008, pl. 56