Figure - Baule - Côte d’Ivoire

Baule figure Ivory Coast
wood carving on a metal stand
female figure with a loincloth in a dignified, characteristic stance
carefully worked hairstyle in round and oval shapes
modest, distinctive tattoos of its own
characterized by (ritual) use and age
the feet are partly broken off
ex private collection Galerie W. Jaenicke Berlin
+ 'Certificate of Origin and Provenance'