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A female Baule sculpture, Ivory Coast, standing on a wooden base, knees slightly bent, her two hands are carrying an infant, her strong slender torso is mounted by a thick cylindric neck who carries a large oval shaped head, the features of the face are calm, relaxed, a small mouth, thin nose, half closed eyes, the hairdo is pulled back an on the top a little horn, the face, abdomen, chest, stomach, neck and back are covered with intricate scarifications, sign of beauty and status in Baule culture; glossy by use, small cracks through out. Certificate of origin and provenance.

“To articulate historians, the most consistent features of Baule art is a kind of peaceful containment. Faces tend to have downcast eyes and figures most often hold their ams against the body. […] Among their abundant art forms, the Baule people continue to place the greatest value on masks and figure sculptures, which remain the only sculptural art still widely used in Baule villages. While there is a difference between the Baule view of their objects and that of Western connoisseurs, there are points of agreement. Aesthetic appreciation is one: Baule artist, and individual owners of objects, certainly sometimes enjoy the beauty of these objects and the skill it took coproduce them. […]
Ornaments above the face are chosen for their beauty and have no iconographic significance” p.141.

Lit: Baule: African Art, Western Eyes. Susan M.Vogel 1997.

Weight: 1,8 kg

Côte d'Ivoire - Fair condition -  heavily used & with possibly minor parts missing

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