Baule Wood Slingshot, Ivory Coast, Based

Red-faced rider sits atop a black figure with great enthusiasm.

This wooden slingshot on a base is Baule, and dates to the 20th century. It is ivory coast, west africa. Slingshots in West Africa were generally used to scare birds from crops or to hunt small animals, and boys often carried them. Painted wooden figure with a black body and legs apart, and a red face with a black cap of hair. A smaller red head sits on its shoulders with geometric patterns on the torso. It stands on a black base. It is 4 inches wide, 2.5 deep and 7.25 high.

Stacked figures, a stack of attitude.