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THBEarly 20th C. African Baule Wood Gbekre, ex Sotheby's
Lot 100
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Baule people, ca. early 20th century CE. An intriguing example of a standing 'Gbekre' figure carved from a single piece of wood. The simian figure stands with delineated legs atop an integral circular base, holds its biceps in front of the tapered abdomen, wears a simple loincloth around the waist, and has sloped shoulders that taper to a narrow neck. The head exhibits wide eyes beneath puffy brows, a tapered snout with a carved-out mouth, cupped ears, and a rounded top. Statues like this example, as opposed to the more refined ancestral figures, were rough, unpolished carvings that represented the deity Gbekre who symbolized the indistinguishable differences between human and animal behavioral traits. Size: 6.75" W x 26.3" H (17.1 cm x 66.8 cm); 28.25" H (71.8 cm) on included custom stand.
This figure represents Gbekre (also Mbotumbo), a multi-faceted god known as a 'medicant monkey' who was a helper for those who required assistance as well as an entity who judged souls damned to hell. Gbekre statues are used by various divination cults and patriarchal societies for comparing the behaviors of animals to those of men as well as determing to what extent such primal behaviors can be fixed within each individual. As a result, these cults and societies have forbidden women from laying eyes upon the sacred effigies.
A stylistically similar figure, at roughly half the size and with intact arms, hammered for EUR 21,150 ($23,477.87) at Sotheby's, Paris "Arts d'Afrique et d'Oceanie" auction (December 14, 2011, lot 25).
Provenance: ex-Bernard Dulon collection; ex-Alain Dufour collection; ex-Sotheby's, Paris "Art Africain, Oceanien et d'Asie du Sud-Est" auction (December 7, 2005, lot 63)
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#151256Losses to original arms and parts of ears, back, butt, and base as shown. Abrasions and nicks to base, limbs, body, and head, with inactive insect damage, heavy encrustations, and several stable fissures. Great earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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