Couple of "asie usu" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baoulé · ID: 3033564

Description

wood, brown patina, male/female, identical posture, well-balanced forms, regular facial features with elaborate coiffures, dam. (nose of the female, mouth area), the surface as a whole signed by strong abrasion, wash patina, on metal plate;
carved figures constitute the abodes of the bush spirits that periodically possess the diviner and allow him or her to fortell the future and to analyze the source of misfortunes.