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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 11141365, member: 8267&quot;]Welcome, [USER=95780]@dinajs[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>Large figures such as yours seem to have been a popular import in the 1970s and 1980s. I really appreciate your story of its particular history. </p><p><br /></p><p>They are larger than figures typically made for use in the original African cultures - I suspect the carvers were operating under the commercial idea that bigger is better - and they often have a confusing mixture of forms. Carvers combined elements of different traditional styles, making it difficult to attribute a piece to a specific group. In the case of your figure I think it is most likely from the Ivory Coast (Côte d&#039;Ivoire), which has been a major hub of the art trade in West Africa. It combines features that can be seen in other work by Senufo, Baule, and Yaure carvers in the region.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are some interesting features of your piece. It appears to portray a pre-pubescent female. The absence of prominent breasts is unusual (usually a selling point for western buyers). And it looks like she is holding a small container in her left hand, which is a nice detail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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