Baule style statue - Lot 325

Baule style statue Ivory Coast Wood H : 50 cm Anthropomorphic statuette with male attributes. It rests on a circular base. The legs with their imposing calves are slightly bent. They support a bust and long arms. The long hands rest on the belly which bears linear scarifications. The tubular neck is marked with ngole keloids. The face is hieratic: an arch of the eyebrows joins the bridge of the nose which overhangs the bulging eyes. The mouth is closed and carried forward. Keloids adorn the temples and the middle of the forehead. A goatee in the form of a grooved calabash hangs from the chin. The statue is topped with a large grooved shell in front and a small grooved frontal shell at the back. BAULE STYLE - STATUE 50 CM