Sitting Female Figure
Item
- Accession Number
- 2024.82.
- Title
- Sitting Female Figure
- Ethnic Group
- Baule
- Subject
- Figure|Ritual|Central Africa
- Country
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Date
- Early 20th Century
- Medium
- Wood with patina
- Format
- H x W x D: 34 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 7 in (88.26 cm x 10.05 cm x 17.79 cm)
- Description
- A seated female figure is overall covered with a darkened patina. The Baule people believe that every man or woman has a "spouse" in the spirit world—an individual with a name revealed through divination. Geometric scarification on her torso, chest, upper arms, and face, accompanied by a smooth, raised hairstyle, is typically shown in images of spirit wives.
- Type
- Figural Statue
- Item sets
- African Art
