Female Pilate El Cereal

Baule · Côte d’Ivoire

Reference: BRN-106

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Material
Bronze

The woman is sitting on an akan stool with the mallet in her hands for pillar the cereal or the male banana to prepare the "futu",…

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Full original description

The woman is sitting on an akan stool with the mallet in her hands for pillar the cereal or the male banana to prepare the "futu", typical dish of Ivory Coast cuisine. This figurine has been acquired in Abidjan in the 1960s. A lot of detail for such small pieces, dark patina.

Further technical information
Attributed period
Mid-century XX or earlier.

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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