Beautiful female statue sitting on an Akan stool, signifying the importance of the subject, high-ranking woman

Made by the hand of a master or a workshop, recognisable by these large hands his bones marked with ankles and wrists.  Also by the marking under the shoulders and under the knees.  Also recognizable chest

Beautiful haughty, hieratic and majestic pose with a slight arch, beautiful and very fine scarifications over the whole body, serene face, very thin headdress

Origin:

Private French Collection

Bibliography :

• For the same hand see, in “sacrés  Baoulé” "édition galerie Maine Durieu" following the exhibition in Paris of the 9th of September to the 11th of October 2014, pages 12 and13 (not numbered)