Standing male figure "blolo bian" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3052375
Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany
Description
wood, pigments, glass beads,
For another male figure from the same workshop, see AHDRC 0208183.
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 3052375 was last part of the auction Auction 106 at April 25, 2026 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 255 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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