Description
Baule statue, Ivory Coast Wood H. 45 cm Male figure standing, arms along the body, legs bent, oversized head, ovoid face almost effaced, the whole covered with a thick black sacrificial patina. This is most likely an Asi'usu statue intended to house a bush spirit and which was fed by libatory anointings. Provenance : - Kanaga Gallery (Paris)
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Baule statue, Ivory Coast Wood H. 45 cm Male figure standing, arms along the body, legs bent, oversized head, ovoid face almost effaced, the whole covered with a thick black sacrificial patina. This is most likely an Asi'usu statue intended to house a bush spirit and which was fed by libatory anointings. Provenance : - Kanaga Gallery (Paris)