Votiva Andrógina image
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: HYA-9
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- Material
- Wood, fabric and pigments.
Small votive figure with an androgynous appearance. Quite frequent in the African statuary. Incipient female breasts and small male sex covered with a loincloth. His face…
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Full original description
Small votive figure with an androgynous appearance. Quite frequent in the African statuary. Incipient female breasts and small male sex covered with a loincloth. His face and his headdress are more feminine. Lips and eyes painted in pale red. Black patina covered in laterite remains, earthy matter that forms the soil of the West African.
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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