Female wooden statuette from the Ivory Coast.

Eugène Betra Pedestal.

Archaic statue but with a face of great refinement, forming a heart between the eyebrows and the chin, thin mouth slightly forward nose and mouth of a great finesse, curved forhead and conical cap, stocky legs resting on a round base.
Bust with hanging breasts, arms at the sides coming back on the lower abdomen, marked shoulder blades, scarifications on the back of the neck. Grace and hieratism in this piece.

lack of use at the base, slit from lower neck to lower abdomen.
Brown patina crusty in some places

Old Docteur Édouard André collection.
Style very similar to a very famous Baoulé male statue : KERBOURC’H collection

Bibliography :

• Catalogue exposition du 24 nov 1993 au 4 janv 1994, page 60 et 61, présentée par Alain de Montbrison, rue des beaux-arts Paris,
• ART D’AFRIQUE NOIRE N° 87 Automne 1993 en couverture