Figure; brown-stained wood; standing male on rectangular base with hands resting on abdomen, knees bent with long beard and elaborate hairstyle; ridged at front, gathered in hanging plait at rear; face has single incised scar on each cheek, rows of scars at rear, cross shoulders and lower back; front torso and base cracked; height 39 cm
Donor:
Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa; Ivory Coast; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
Alvin O. Pierce
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)