Boy In Short Pantalon

Baule · Côte d’Ivoire

Reference: COL-33

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Height
32 cm
Material
Wood and pigments

Figure collected in an animist village of Baule. Remains of red polychrome are preserved on his face and lips. The figure is painted black. The trousers…

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Figure collected in an animist village of Baule. Remains of red polychrome are preserved on his face and lips. The figure is painted black. The trousers are red but very blackened by the patina of time. This trousers in a symbol of colonial times, date from which the figure certainly comes. Facial scarifications.

Further technical information
Attributed period
Mid-century XX

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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