Title: Baule statue - Ivory Coast - African Art Tribal ArtDate/Period: Mid-XX°Origin: Ivory CoastDimension: 12,2 InchMaterials: woodWeight: 0,88 PoundsItem type: Statues, ancestors, reliquariesProvenance: The collection comes from the tribal art collection of Guy Mercier, a consultant for the Solvay group, who undertook it at the beginning of the 20th century. Although he travelled extensively in West and Central Africa as part of his work, collecting works in situ, the majority of his collection came from the "cabinets of curiosity" that abounded in European capitals during the 1920s. It also comes from prestigious galleries (Paris, Brussels, London, New York, etc.). Two types of statues are produced by the Baoulé for ritual purposes: Waka-Sona statues, "wooden being" in Baoulé, evoke an assié oussou, being of the earth. They are part of a type of statue designed to be used as a medium by komien diviners, who are selected by the asye usu spirits to communicate revelations from the beyond. The second type of statues, made according to the diviner's indications, are the spouses of the afterlife, either male, the Blolo bian, or female, the Blolo bia. Some sixty ethnic groups populate Côte d'Ivoire, including the Baoulé in the center, Akans from Ghana, a savannah people who hunt and farm like the Gouro, whose cults and masks they have borrowed. The basic unit is the lineage, under the responsibility of an elder, whose functions are political and religious.Additional Information: Stand not included. A universal or custom base can be ordered separately.
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