Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Bété-Guro Female Figure from Côte d'Ivoire
Image View:
Overall view from the back
Creator:
unknown (Ivorian)
Location:
exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
Location Note:
From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
Date:
ca. 19th-20th centuries (creation)
Cultural Context:
Ivorian
Style Period:
Bété
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
wood
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
human figure
Description:
The Bete (a Kru-speaking people) have carved elegant statues, stylistically influenced by their neighbors the Guro. Bete statues were usually carved as standing figures displaying set-apart legs, an elongated torso with square shoulders, an elongated columnar neck supporting an oblong head with a pointed chin, an incised mouth and a high-domed, smooth forehead under a helmet-like coiffure. Bete figures exhibit hand positions, which are difficult to interpret. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-MI N-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Bété-Guro Female Figure from Côte d'Ivoire