Baoulé Statuette Ivory Coast - Tribal Art Ancient African Art

Interesting statuette presenting a young woman with a bare chest and her waist surrounded by a rectangular loincloth, held by a belt with several rows. His hands worked with mastery, the fingers slender and thumbs raised square symbolically. She wears a necklace and sandals indicating her important rank in the clan. Her hairstyle is arranged by several balanced braids arranged in a cascade. She wears a magnificent noble and determined expression. Wood with brown patina and traces of ocher pigments, two age cracks at the back and on the side of the head, and a small micro crack at the bottom of the shoulder, old marks of use, good general state of conservation , see the pictures. Baoulé, Republic of Ivory Coast, circa 1910/30. Dimensions: 29.5 x 7.1 cm With base: 33 cm Sold with black wooden base and certificate of authenticity from expert Serge Reynes * shipping costs on quote