Mbotumbo
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: FET-28
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- Height
- 29 cm
- Material
- Wood, scraps of feathers and sacrificial patina.
The mendicant monkey is an important element of the Baule statuery. It repulses jungle-protective geniuses that can become adverse if they do not receive offenses. These…
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Full original description
The mendicant monkey is an important element of the Baule statuery. It repulses jungle-protective geniuses that can become adverse if they do not receive offenses. These offerings, based on projections of blood and eggs among other substances, are intended to regenerate and increase their ability to protect those who worship them. This tribal usage figure presents the originality of the M'Bekres united by the back. Sacrificial patina.
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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