Statue - Wood - "blolo bian" époux de l'au-delà - Baoulé - Côte d'Ivoire

Ancient African wooden Figurine/Fetish of the Baule ethnic group of Côte d'Ivoire - ‘Waka-Sona’ fetish (wooden being in Baule) , representing a ‘blolo bla’ (wife from the hereafter) . Blolo Bian and Blolo Bla fetishes, man and woman from the hereafter. These fetishes are the representations of an ancestor or spouse of the hereafter, materialised by a figure corresponding to the fantasy or dream of the terrestrial husband or wife. The statuary consists in a form of ancestors cult, or in incarnations from the hereafter, expressed through a mythical spouse, which is respected. Boyer, Alain-Michel, ‘Miroirs de l'invisible: la statuaire baoulé, Arts d'Afrique Noire’, Vol. 44, 1982, Neyt, François, ‘Trésors de Côte d'Ivoire’, Brussels, 2014, Eberhard Fischer, Lorenz Homberger, Afrikanische Meister, Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, 88 ff. The objects will be shipped with insurance and track & trace. Because of the Coronavirus situation, the shipment may take a few extra days compared to the usual deadlines.