Figure féminine debout "blolo bla" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baoulé · ID: 3047993
German Private Collection (1982)
Description
wood, base
This figure captivates with its delicate, graceful appearance, the slender, free worked arms and particularly finely worked details, such as the filigree braided plaits and the small hands.
She wears an elaborate hairstyle and is lavishly decorated with scarification marks on her face and body. According to the Baule’s sense of beauty, this figure is the idealised representation of a woman.
It is the embodiment of a “spouse from the otherworldly world”, whom the Baule believe that they can influence the fortunes of the living.
These figures were usually kept on a small altar in the bedroom, and sacrifices such as coins or eggs were offered to them.
L’objet Figure féminine debout “blolo bla” avec l’ID d’objet 3047993 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 96e Vente aux enchères dans 24 avril 2021. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 172 a atteint un prix de vente de 12 000 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 4 500 €.
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Littérature comparée
Lunsford, John, The Gustave & Franyo Schindler Collection of African Sculpture, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1975, p. 76, ill. 23
Publications
AHDRC: 0184692