A female Baule sculpture, Ivory Coast, standing on flattened feet on a round base, beneath short legs with muscular calves, leading to rounded buttocks, a lengthy torso with slightly protruding abdomen beneath sagging, tapering breasts, the open work arms carved close to the body, the large hands frame the protruding navel, strong neck supporting a big ovoid head, a little pout, beneath a slender nose with high arched brows, framed by almond-shaped eyes, small ears, a flat-fitting hairstyle with a braid, large parts of the sculpture covered with scarification patterns; blackened surface with remnants of oxidized oil.

Lit.: Susan M. Vogel: Baule. African Art, Western Eyes, 1997; Gernard de Grunne: Über den Baule-Stil und seine Meister. In: Eberhard Fischer/Lorenz Homberger: Afrikanische Meister. Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 2014, p. 81-106.

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Height: 48 cm
Weight: 940 g