A small Baule female sculpture, Ivory Coast, standing on her feet, protruding stomach, her hands are resting on her torso, a delicate crescent appears starting from the neck down to the breast, a rounded head with calming facial features, the hairdo is elaborate and detailed in the carings technic with four tails attached at the top, scarifications markings can be seen on the stomach, breasts, neck and face; the left foot is cracked off, some damage around the right foot, sign of use, glossy by use. "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.