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Description : West Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A fine pair of hand-carved wooden figures from the Baule known as blolo bla (literally dream wife) and blolo bian (literally dream husband) - ancestral sculptures that would be placed in the home and looked after attentively as they were believed to act as mediums between the living and spiritual realms. Both the shorter female and taller male stand with delineated legs atop integral plinths, hold their arms to their scar-adorned abdomens, and wear strands of colorful resin beads on their waists. Their elongated heads and necks boast further ritual scarification marks, semicircular eyes, slender noses, and puffy lips beneath incised, crested coiffures. The female figure also wears a brass ornament around her neck that hangs from a strand of white beads. Size: 2.375 W x 12.625 H (6 cm x 32.1 cm) Size: 2.375 W x 12.625 H (6 cm x 32.1 cm), 13.4 H (34 cm) on included custom stand. A stylistically-similar example of the male figure, of a slightly larger size and with a hanging goatee, hammered for EUR 10,000 ($11.134.90) at Christie's, Paris Art Africain et Oceanien auction (sale 3521, December 11, 2012, lot 55): Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection, ex-Thomas Murray collection, California, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #147691
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