A West African figurine from the Baule or Baolet people, Ivory Coast West Africa. The figurine is modeled in the form of a male figure with finely incised feet supporting powerful bent legs and protruding buttocks and pendant phallus beneath a slender columnar torso framed by the finely carved hands splayed on the abdomen. The oval head with forward projecting facial plane and tapering chin with pendant beard. The figure has surmounted by a back swept coiffure terminating in two braids at the back. The Baule sculpture has raised scarification on the torso, neck temples and forehead. The figurine is adorned with gilded ropes and a beaded necklace. Mounted on a stable square stand. Used for ritual purposes. African Ritual Figures And Folk Art Collectibles.