African Tribal Art Heirloom Collection
Nov 4, 2020
USA
1243 Pond Street, Franklin. MA 02038
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LOT 26:
Female Figure, Atti/Akan, Ivory Coast
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Start price:
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600
Estimated price:
$2,000 - $3,000
Auction house commission: 35%
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Female Figure, Atti/Akan, Ivory Coast
African Tribal Art: Atti/Akan People, Ivory Coast, West Africa: Figure of a seated woman carrying a vessel on her head, mid 20th Century. Carved wood, kaolin pigment, beads.
This is an appealing classic example of Atti sculpture, with a typical elongation and rendering of the body as a set of discrete, crisply delineated volumes.
Atti sculptors make figures of this type to be placed on shrines used by members of various all-male secret societies. The barrel the figure is holding over its head represents an offering of gunpowder or other contents of value to the society.
