Standing male figure "blolo bian" or "asie usu" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3032766

Description

wood, shiny middle brown patina, clear defined mannered forms, eyes with lowered lids and painted pupils, short arms with fan-shaped hands, slightly dam., on plate;
either representing a “blolo bian” figure (= male partner from the other world") or an “asie usu” figure (= bush spirit). The latter might be proved by the sacrificial traces. Bush spirits are displayed between the fortune teller and the client during a public performance. But unless collected in situ, the actual function of a figure cannot reliably be determined.

The object Standing male figure “blolo bian” or “asie usu” with the object ID 3032766 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 293.

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