Baule Wood Slingshot, Ivory Coast, Based

Two heads stacked on a slim body, standing on splayed legs like a compass.

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. Wooden figure on a black stand, with a smaller head above a larger one, both with narrow faces and tight-lipped mouths. The body splits into two long legs. The wood is a smooth reddish brown with darker creases. It is 3.75 inches wide, 2 deep and 8 high.

Twice the faces, half the small talk.