Attie female sculpture, Southern Ivory Coast, lagoon people, feet on the ground, she is standing with her arms resting at her sides, protruding navel coming out from cross keloid marks, pointed breasts, rounded shoulders, a long thick cylindric neck who becomes larger at the end, to support a rounded head composed of simple features, no trace of a mouth but a relief nose and large coffee bean eyes, slightly curved downwards, a large forehead, an interesting two part hairdo, her neck is punctured with two rows of nails; ages cracks; remnants of blue paint in her hair, glossy by use, signs of use.

“The eastern coast of the Ivory Coast comprises an area of lagoons, where the population is divided into twelve different language groups The cultural and stylistic unity of these people justifies grouping the, together for the purposes of this chapter. Before colonization, each village was autonomous and, when threatened, they united to form a ‘confederation’. Unusually, these people are not governed by chiefs, although a man’s social position is determined by his age.”

Source: Baquart, Jean-Baptiste. The Tribal Arts of Africa. New York: Thames and Hudson Inc. 1998. Print.

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Height: 105 cm
Weight: 3,6 kg