Standing male figure · Côte d'Ivoire, Kulango · ID: 3038225
Description
wood, slightly shiny black patina, kaolin, traces of indigo blue and red pigment, short arms with both hands resting on the belly, a columnar neck supporting a rather big head with tapering coiffure, min. dam., small missing part (base), missing parts through insect caused damage (coiffure), fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, 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 3038225 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 203.
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Publications
Michalak, Claude, Arts Premiers de Côte d' Ivoire, Paris 2013, p. 127