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A Baule monkey, Ivory Coast
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description
gbekre, the anthropomorphic figure standing with bent legs and rounded hips beneath an elongated muscular abdomen and broad shoulders leading to arms bent forward to grasp the now missing bowl for sacrificial elements, beneath a baboon's head; varied brown partially crusted patina.
Provenance
Robert Stolper Gallery, London, 1969
Literature
Klever 1975: fig. 159
Catalogue Note
Cf. Vogel (1997: 41, 224, 225, and 235) for related figures. The cupped hands of this figure would have held a vessel for offerings.