Woman With Coversex
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: EFM-26
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- Height
- 38 cm
- Material
- Wood and fibre
Statue of a woman who perfectly respects the aesthetic canons of ethnicity. Total size that does not exceed three or three and a half heads, bent…
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Full original description
Statue of a woman who perfectly respects the aesthetic canons of ethnicity. Total size that does not exceed three or three and a half heads, bent belly and legs and thighs strong and short. Hair collected in a ponytail with two side bows. Large ciliary arches and small open mouth. Ritual scarifications in different parts of the body to indicate that this is a young woman initiated. A small sex cover of fabric knotted to the waist covers his nudity. The hands in the belly mean peace and friendship and the protruding navel represents the ancestors and in symbol of the transmission of a new life. Her slightly rounded belly is an allusion to motherhood.
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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