Female STATUETTE - Baoulé, Ivory Coast - First half of the 20th century

female STATUETTE

Baoulé, Ivory Coast

First half of the 20th century

Drink

H.: 33; L.: 7; Thickness: 6 cm

In monoxyl wood, she is presented standing, with short arms, folded so as to rest her hands on her lower abdomen. His chest is drooping, his navel protruding. It rests on generous legs, slightly bent, ending in two flat feet, almost inscribed on a circular base.

His stylized face is topped with a large shell composition finely worked with oblique incisions, his neck is decorated with a body scarification.

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