Figure féminine debout
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié
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Provenance
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France (No. “13.11”)Taille
H: 39 cm
H: 15.4 inch
Description
wood, indigoblue and white pigment, miniature glass beads, base
The ethnic group of the Atié settling in the eastern part of the Ivory Coast’s Akan territory to the south of the Agni, sometimes already considered to be part of the Lagoon Peoples.
Their figurative sculpture serves both, the veneration of the ancestors and the ceremonies of the “logbu” ritual.