Sitting Woman
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: COL-10
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- Height
- 45 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
Statue of woman seated of extraordinary dimensions within the settler style. He wears a green, flowery skirt on the usual red color of the body. She's…
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Full original description
Statue of woman seated of extraordinary dimensions within the settler style. He wears a green, flowery skirt on the usual red color of the body. She's sitting in a chair with a trunk-type back. It looks like the typical hairstyle of the ethnic group. The woman takes her breasts with both hands to indicate that she is willing to assume her role as a woman and procreate. It shows tribal scarifications on the face, belly, on the breasts and back.
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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