Curander and Guesser
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: COL-26
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- Height
- 44 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
Animist sculpture of the settler style. It represents a woman of fortune-telling, magician and healer, a woman of great magical powers, recognizable by the cap that…
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Full original description
Animist sculpture of the settler style. It represents a woman of fortune-telling, magician and healer, a woman of great magical powers, recognizable by the cap that serves as a headdress to her head and by the scapular who crosses her chest and back. She wears a white skirt adorned with vegetable motifs, very long-skinned by time. She has an advanced state of pregnancy. She sits on a high stool, which is another piece. Magnificent polychrome. Great wealth of unusual details in this rare piece that belonged to a large collection of Abidjan.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- .First third of 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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