Baule Figure of a Female Antelope

Delicate deer on stilts, ears up, tail lifted, listening to the room.

This forged metal figure of a female antelope is Baule, and dates to the 20th century. It is ivory coast, west africa. The Baule of Ivory Coast are known for carved wooden masks and figures, and the antelope appears among the animal subjects in their art and in the wider region. Slim, four-legged deer with big rounded ears, a long thin neck and a narrow muzzle. A row of fine ridges runs along the spine. Surface is dark gray, with lighter silvery rubbing along the back and legs. It is 5 inches wide, 1.5 deep and 5.25 high.

Alert, elegant, and ready to bolt at any moment.