Martillo de Divinacion
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: -8
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- Height
- 35 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments.
This divinatory hammer or also called gong hammer represents a woman, delicately sculpted, with her neck ringed, symbol of feminine beauty. This is an initiated woman,…
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Full original description
This divinatory hammer or also called gong hammer represents a woman, delicately sculpted, with her neck ringed, symbol of feminine beauty. This is an initiated woman, as shown by her body and frontal scarifications. Conical and pointed breast. On his head sits a Bon Num Amwin mask, male sacred mask, spitter of fire, whose postwrior part is the percussion element.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Years 60
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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