Female figure. Baule, Ivory Coast. H 37.5cm. Sitting on a round stool, painted black, with a high, semi-circular coiffure and back braid, numerous scarification marks, small, conical breasts and partly shiny patina. With a copy of the catalog page and the invoice from Sotheby's! Illustrated in: K.-F. Schaedler, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture (2009) p.83. Intact. Provenance: Ex Coll. Philippe Guimiot, Brussels, ex Sotheby's auction, New York 15.5.2003, lot 25.
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