King O Chief

Majestic statue of king or chief from the Dimbokro region. The character appears sitting on a baulé chair, with a narrow depth of seat. Its belly and shoulders, in the front and back, carry ritual scarifications, black color, color of its eyes and part of the poles and chair. A magnificent red polychrome covers almost the entire statue with a few touches of white on the headdress and on the bracelets that adorn the wrists. Artistic headdressed with a pointed crest at the front and also an ledge at the back, both whitish as the three tails that start from the three bows that enhance the hairstyle. His hands hold the batons of command, symbol of his dignity, in each of which appear two superimposed characters.