"Statuette With Three Anthropomorphic Figures - Kulango Culture, Ivory Coast And Ghana - Circa 1900"
STATUTE with THREE ANTHROPOMORPHIC FIGURES standing with bent legs, their feet merged into a large trapezoidal base, characteristic of the culture. Their hands, with incised fingers, rest on their knees, which are themselves folded over a bulging belly with a prominent umbilicus. The stylized faces are punctuated by two small protuberances on the sides, representing ears or short plaits.
Kulango culture, Ivory Coast and Ghana
Circa 1900
Copper alloy
H. 9 ; L 5.2 cm
N° B19 from the exhibition ‘BRONZES, MINIATURES MONUMENTALES’, second part
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