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LOT 2348

African Wooden Ancestor Figure

BAULE TRIBE, EARLY-MID 20TH CENTURY A.D.

19 1/8 in. (1.06 kg, 48.5 cm).

A hand-carved standing female figure with hands placed by the side, some scarification and wearing arm rings. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa.
From an old Bristol, UK, ethnographical collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Footnotes

The Baule are noted for their fine wooden sculpture, particularly for their ritual figures representing spirits; these are associated with the ancestor cult. The figures and human masks are often elegant, well polished with elaborate hairdressings and scarification.

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LOT 2348

African Wooden Ancestor Figure

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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