Sculpture

29-12-33

From: Ivory Coast

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 29-12-33
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Baule
Provenience Ivory Coast
Section African
Materials Wood
Iconography Female
Description

Female. Wood colored black except eyeballs; traces of red about lips. Face marks: 3 broken lines radiating from point on outer edge of orbit. Hair dressed in crest with 5 narrow closely set unscored ridges above and behind ears.

Height 54.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. Laporte, 1929
Other Number 91 - African Sale Catalogue Number

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