Carved wooden ancestral figure of female in standing position with hands clutching stomach

Made:
1900-1930 in Cote dIvoire

Carved wooden ancestral figure of female in standing position with hands clutching stomach, possibly a product of early tourist demand, Baule, Congo, 1900-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652572
Materials:
wood
type:
statues
credit:
Sotheby's