Standing male figure "blolo bian" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3046817
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Provenance
Old New York City Collection (1950s-60s)Pace Gallery, New York, USA
Size
H: 45 cm
H: 17.7 inch
Description
wood, nail, beautiful used patina, base
The Baule believe that before birth, human beings all had “blolo bla” (spirit wife) and “blolo bian” (spirit husband) spouses in the other world. Spirit spouse figures can be seen as a kind of opposite sex alter ego.
These spirits help their human partners broadly in their lives, and can spread their good will to the children or spouse of their partner.
The object Standing male figure “blolo bian” with the object ID 3046817 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 132.
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