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A Beautiful Old Baule Female Sculpture Ex Friedman Coll

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A FASCINATING AND RARE OLD WOOD SCULPTURE FROM THE BAULE PEOPLES OF COTE D'IVOIRE, WEST AFRICA.Carved from a single piece of wood with an undeniably well handled and weathered surface, featuring the image of a female ancestor with skirt and sandals. The female has some wonderfully stylized facial features and coiffure, along with neck rolls indicating status and wealth, with a well handled surface accented with kaolin clay on her eyes and teeth.This sculpture may have a colonial influence. THE SCULPTURE ITSELF MEASURES 13.75 INCHES TALL ON PROFESSIONAL CUSTOM WOOD BASE. Ex Collection : Friedman collection, New York, USA.

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Fair, well handled,shallow stress fractures in back.

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A Beautiful Old Baule Female Sculpture Ex Friedman Coll

Name: A Beautiful Old Baule Female Sculpture Ex Friedman Coll
SKU: 69558403
Price: 140 USD
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