Figure Item Number: K2.215 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Sculpture of a figure standing with the arms resting down the sides and bending at the elbows so that the hands are resting at the sides of the stomach. The partially oval rounded eyes are closed with the long thin nose extending from the high upraised brows. The mouth is prim. The hair is elaborately styled with incised lines. Around the neck, there is an orange and blue beaded necklace. The chest tapers into breasts with two vertical lines having diagonal grooves going down the centre of the chest. Two more horizontal lines having vertical grooves are around the front of the waist. The knees are slightly bent. On a circular base. Wood has been oiled and has now achieved the high sheen of a good, well cared for figure which characterises Baoule sculpture.
Cultural Context
Object of worship by descendants of this ancestor and they must wear the particular scarifications of that ancestor as clan identification.
Item History
- Made in Cote d'Ivoire
- Owned by Abi Jones before January 15, 1970
- Received from Abi Jones (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) on January 15, 1970
What
Who
- Culture
- Baule
- Previous Owner
- Abi Jones
- Received from
- Abi Jones (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Cote d'Ivoire
When
- Ownership Date
- before January 15, 1970
- Acquisition Date
- on January 15, 1970
Other
- Item Classes
- carvings & sculpture
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0159/0001