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QUEEN STATUETTE
Culture Attié, Ivory Coast
First half of the 20th century
Wood and pigments
H .: 55; W: 15; Thickness: 14 cm
This statuette, akin to a royal representation, is seated on an openwork stool, arms forward, detached from the bust. His raised chest is conical, his shoulders and buttocks particularly round.
His oval face is sculpted with almond eyes, a small half-open mouth, a slender nose and small C-shaped ears.
Her hairstyle is multi-lobed, incised with fine streaks. The upper part of the skull is marked in a checkerboard pattern.
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