Native of Ghana, Agni left the area Ashanti to settle down in Côte d'Ivoire...

Known for its love of the gold, the people Agni is him also for his féticheuses, " Comians " (Au royaume des Fétiches / Romain Pages Editions / 2000).

The statuette which we present here looks like strongly those used for the rites of this féticheuses...

Hard wood polychrome, black, white, red,

Lychens or parasitic mushrooms on the neck and the back of the wrist to the right.

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Cote Ivoire

Agni

35 x 8

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