A female Bete sculpture, Ivory Coast, standing on her sturdy legs, cylindric bust with lozenge shaped markings on her stomach, her arms are short and the palms of her hands turns outwards, she has small rounded metallic decorations on her chest, a very large and thick neck carrying a small rounded head composed of calming and delicate features of minute mouth, small nose and two almond shaped eyes, the hairdo is also delicate in shape; glossy by use, some cracks. Certificate of origin and provenance.

Lit.: Lehuard, R., « Les Expositions » in Arts d’Afrique noire, Arnouville, winter 2004
Tribal Art Magazine, autumn-winter 2004. Germain, J., Art ancien de l’Afrique Noire, vol. III, Montreal, 2006. Bondil, N., « Afrique Sacrée, arts anciens de l’Afrique subsaharienne au musée des beaux-arts de Montréal » in Tribal Art Magazine, no. 43, winter 2006. Bondil, N. et alii, Pour l’Art ! Paroles de collectionneurs, Montreal, 2007. Bouttiaux, A.-M., Guro, Milan, 2016.

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Height: 117 cm
Weight: 5920 g