File:Brooklyn Museum 61.3 Male Figure Waka Sran (6).jpg

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English: Male Figure (Waka Sran)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Male Figure (Waka Sran)
Description
English: Very finely carved. Has beard, scarification marks at corners of mouth, temples, forehead, around neck and on upper back; hairdress carefully detailed with knob at back. CONDITION: This piece is fragment: face is in fairly complete condition, but head, arms and lower torso are largely eaten away. Lower part of figure has been lost. Large check on left side of head.
English: This figure most likely embodies a "spirit spouse"—the husband or wife every person is said to have had before birth. Through dreams, misfortune, and other signs, a person may learn that his or her spirit spouse feels neglected or jealous. One way to appease the spirit is to commission a carved figure of it and carefully nurture it with food offering and perhaps bathe and rub it with oil.
Date
English: early 20th century
Dimensions 11 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/4 in. (27.9 x 9 x 10.8 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q632682
Current location
Arts of Africa collection
Accession number
61.3
Credit line Frank L. Babbott Fund
Notes
  • Culture: Lacs, N’zi Comoe, or Valle du Bandama Region, Ivory Coast
  • Place made: Lacs, N’zi Comoe, or Valle du Bandama Region, Ivory Coast
Source/Photographer Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.61.3_print_threequarter2_bw.jpg
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