Baoulé Statuette Representing A Seated Woman, Hands On The Knees - Ivory Coast

Baule (Baoulé) statuette - Ivory Coast

Sculpture representing a seated woman, hands on her knees. Wood with brown-back patina. The sculpture presents the traditional baule keloids scars and a hairstyle where the braids chiseled on the wood form two large shells.

Baoulé statuary is characterized by a certain realism, with the Baoulé beauty canons: round calves for women, long hands with tapered fingers, small buttocks. The harmonious hairstyle is made of many finely braided mats. The Baoulé sculpture on wood has the finesse of the goldsmith's work: the sculpture is very refined, the surfaces are polished, the representation of scarifications, jewelry, hairstyle, face is done in a meticulous manner.