Woman Stacking The Millet
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: PFG-16
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- Material
- Bronze
Woman stacking, surely millet or preparing futu, in mortar. Futú (foutou) is a specialty of Ivory Coast, based on crushed dish that is eaten with stewed…
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Full original description
Woman stacking, surely millet or preparing futu, in mortar. Futú (foutou) is a specialty of Ivory Coast, based on crushed dish that is eaten with stewed meat that bathes in cassava sauce. It is a weight weighing gold with proverbial value: When they prepare the futu the noise is heard from afar. Piece acquired in Abidjan in the 1960s.
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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