Figurine

29-12-28

From: Ivory Coast

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 29-12-28
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Baule
Provenience Ivory Coast
Section African
Materials Wood
Iconography Woman
Description

Female. Wood. Headdress, eyebrows, cicatrizations black. Traces of original black colouring on est of body. Face marks: 3 broken lines radiating from point on outer edge of orbit, broken line horizontal between eyebrows; 5 groups of 3 concentric curves along edge of hair on forehead and temples (These may be part of headdress)

Height 60.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. Laporte, 1929

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