Standing male figure ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Kulango · ID: 3035979

Description

wood, slightly shiny dark brown patina, traces of black paint, kaolin, slender body with symmetrical arranged limbs, a beautiful modelled head with delicate carved facial features, unusual position of arms and hands, slightly dam. (mouth, nose), minor missing parts (left shoulder, both heels), crack backside spread with mass (back of the head, back), fine fissures, on base;
the Kulango belong to the Volta peoples. They inhabit the northeast of the Ivory Coast, the prefectures south of the Lobi, east of the Jimini and north of the Agni and Abron (Akan), whose tributary vassals they once were. Their geographical location is also reflected in their comparatively few works, which reveal above all Akan (Abron) and Senufo (Jimini), as well as Lobi and Gan influences.

The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3035979 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 284 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,000.

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Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 354

Publications

Scultura, L 'Arte dell 'Africa, 2009, p. 18 ff.