Figure of carved, black patinated wood resembling a standing monkey holding bowl, with traces of sacrificial crust. Baulé, Ivory Coast. H. excl. base 75 cm. Provenance: Bought by artist Robert Jacobsen in 1985, who had bought the figure from René Rasmussen in Paris, 1952. Exhibited: Til Guder, ånder og aner (Gods, spirits and ancestors). African art from H. R. H. Prince Henrik’s private collection, 2009. Gl. Holtegaard. Depicted p. 91.
Figure of carved, black patinated wood resembling a standing monkey holding bowl, with traces of sacrificial crust. Baulé, Ivory Coast. H. excl. base 75 cm. Provenance: Bought by artist Robert Jacobsen in 1985, who had bought the figure from René Rasmussen in Paris, 1952. Exhibited: Til Guder, ånder og aner (Gods, spirits and ancestors). African art from H. R. H. Prince Henrik’s private collection, 2009. Gl. Holtegaard. Depicted p. 91.
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