Standing female figure · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3034491
Patrick Morgan, Paris, France
Description
wood, matt blackish patina, coiffure with pig-tail, in bow-shaped contour separated from the facial plane, the accentuated navel surrounded by cross-shaped scarifications, slightly dam. (nose, breasts), rep. (base), paint rubbed off, socle;
the Guro call figural sculptures “mi iri nä” - “small wooden persons”. They are not associated with the ancestral cult. As ritual objects they are rather displayed on special shrines, called “zuzu”. “Zuzu” are invisible spiritual beings, who are thought to be able to defend the crops and the house from evil spirits. The small wooden figures are mediators between the “zuzu” and the humans. Regularly they receive dishes with fresh cooked food in order to keep the spirits well-disposed.
L’objet Standing female figure avec l’ID d’objet 3034491 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 72nd tribal art auction dans 9 mars 2013. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 301 a atteint un prix de vente de 12 000 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 10 000 €.
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Littérature comparée
Homberger, Lorenz, Fischer, Eberhard, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 227 f.