Men’s Guessing Hammer
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: -7
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- Height
- 38 cm
- Material
- Wood, fiber and pigments.
A hammer of divination whose handle represents an initiated man as proved by the tribal estrifications he presents in torso and back. In the front is…
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Full original description
A hammer of divination whose handle represents an initiated man as proved by the tribal estrifications he presents in torso and back. In the front is a woman's head with the side of the percussion on the back. Dark 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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