Baoulé Man Statue In Wood End XIXth

This proud Baoulé character is standing, legs bent and holds in his hands the tools commonly used in Ivory Coast for working wood chopper and debarker, the sculpture is of quality and in good condition, the character very expressive with traditional hairstyle , the belly button came out, scarified out like a star. A nice old piece from a collection of a Swiss amateur explorer in his time and brought back by him during his travels in Africa