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FINE OLD,AFRICAN,BAULE,COUPLE w-Baby,FIGURE,ANTIQUE

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153.5 USD

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370114696266

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Completed

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11/23/2008 5:05:28 PM (EST)

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FINE OLD,AFRICAN,BAULE,COUPLE w-Baby,FIGURE,ANTIQUE


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Fine Old African BAULE Couple Figures w-Baby

Superb Piece!! Exellent Patina!!

Dimension

Female

20 1/2"H  x  6"W  x  6"D

Male

20"H  x  5 1/4"W  x  6"D

Mid 20th Century

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BAULE (BAOULE, BAWULE)

Côte d'Ivoire

Baule figures can be among the most elegant and designed pieces in Africa. Many show careful execution of face, coiffure and scarification details, with refined forms but no loss of expressiveness and power. The quiet, dignified figures embody spirits from the other world. They functioned as the home of a spirit to whom sacrifices were made and had to be placated with care.

Although elegantly carved, most of these Baule figures show no evidence of age or use and were probably made to be sold.

Baule art is sophisticated and stylistically diverse. Non-inherited, the sculptor’s profession is the result of a personal choice. The Baule have types of sculpture that none of the other Akan peoples possess. Wooden sculptures and masks allow a closer contact with the supernatural world. Baule statues are usually standing on a base with legs slightly bent, with their hands resting on their abdomen in a gesture of peace, and their elongated necks supporting a face with typically raised scarification and bulging eyes. The coiffure is always very detailed and is usually divided into plaits. Baule figures answer to two types of devotion: one depicts the “spiritual” spouse who, in order to be appeased, requires the creation of a shrine in the personal hut of the individual. A man will own his spouse, the blolo bian, and a woman her spouse, the blolo bla. The Baule believe that before they were born into the world they existed in a spirit world, where each one had a mate. Sometimes that spirit mate becomes jealous of their earthly mate and causes marital discord. When this happens, a figure depicting the other world spouse is carved and placated with earthly signs of attention. 

 

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