Standing male figure "blolo bian" or "asie usu" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3044606
sold
EUR 4,000
Provenance
Maria Wyss, Basel, SwitzerlandWolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany
Jean-Hugues Rinck, Haguenau, France
Size
H: 37 cm
H: 14.6 inch
Description
wood, white pigment, brass tags, base
The function of a figure, whether (female/male) partner from the other world “blolo bla”/ “blolo bian” or bush spirit “asie usu” can no longer be clearly determined once the figure has left its place of origin.
The object Standing male figure “blolo bian” or “asie usu” with the object ID 3044606 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 126 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,000.
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