Lot Essay
For a similar example see Adams, M., Cambridge, 1982, fig. 67.
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A BAULE MALE FIGURE
Details
A BAULE MALE FIGURE
Standing on a square base with flexed slightly bowed legs, hands held to abdomen, rounded shoulders, cylindrical neck supporting an oval head with small beard, oval mouth, broad nose, arched brows, trilobed coiffure with small braid at the back, geometric bands of scarification on back, chest and neck, rows on cheeks, temples, forehead, side of face, thick dark brown patina, 19¾in. (50.1cm.) high
Standing on a square base with flexed slightly bowed legs, hands held to abdomen, rounded shoulders, cylindrical neck supporting an oval head with small beard, oval mouth, broad nose, arched brows, trilobed coiffure with small braid at the back, geometric bands of scarification on back, chest and neck, rows on cheeks, temples, forehead, side of face, thick dark brown patina, 19¾in. (50.1cm.) high