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Woodcut - kneeling senior chief
Currency:CZK
Category:Everything Else / Other
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Estimated At:200,000.00 - 240,000.00 CZK
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This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2002 May 25 @ 05:00UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
19th century, height 74.5 cm, wood completely covered with so-called ritual patina, which is a thick layer of clay together with an ingredient of an unknown origin. The figure holds in its right hand a sceptre in a hoe or axe shape (a sign of social rank), it is wearing a necklace from several loops of a rope. Provenance: Bobo or Lobi (Burkina Faso or Ivory Coast), Starting Price: CZK 180,000; USD 5,271; EUR 5,989, Estimated price: (200,000 - 240,000) CZK., The sculpture personifies one of the tribe's ancestors. It used to be placed in a village or tribal temple. A so-called ritual patina is a consequence of direct contact with mixtures and liquids, which were sacrificed to this ancestor.
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