Figure maternelle assise ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baoulé · ID: 3048707

Description

wood, black paint residues, encrusted in some areas, glass beads, fabric, rest., base

This beautiful tall figure probably once held the head of a child with her left hand, offering her breast to drink.

It belongs to the category of bush spirits “asie usu”, which were the property of a “komien”, a fortune teller.