Standing female figure "blolo bla" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baoulé · ID: 3035930
Jacky Morel, Noyon (Picardie), France
Description
wood, matt blackish brown patina, wispy body in characteristic posture, proportionally large head with projecting diadem-shaped coiffure, carved with neck-band and delicate scarification marks, slightly dam., cracks (shoulder and base on the right), abrasion of paint (facial features), base;
both hands rest on the belly near the navel, as if to draw attention to it, perhaps in reference to the Baule expression “bla yolè ngwan nyama” - “the woman holds the rope of life”.
Nèreè Onésiphore Morel (1892-1963) was a colonial officer in Oubangui Chari in French Equatorial Africa (he stayed there between 1928 - 31). He brought the figure to France, where it was inherited within the family.
L’objet Standing female figure “blolo bla” avec l’ID d’objet 3035930 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 75th tribal art auction dans 30 novembre 2013 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 262 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 500 €.
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