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Description : Very fine Baule Ancestor Figure Ivory Coast H: 34.5 cm (approx. 1’ 2”) Estimated age: end of the 19th century or early 20th century Provenance: Belgian private collection, French private collection The Baule (also known as Baoulé) are an African people with a population of approx. one million mainly inhabiting central Ivory Coast. The foundation of Baule social and political institutions is based on matrilineage, with each lineage having ceremonial stools that embody ancestral spirits. Paternal descent is recognized, however, and certain spiritual and personal qualities are believed to be inherited through it. Baule art is sophisticated and stylistically diverse. The sculptor’s profession is not inherited, but is a personal choice. The Baule have various types of wooden sculptures and masks that allow for closer contact with the supernatural world. Baule statues usually stand on a base with the legs slightly bent, the hands resting on the abdomen in a gesture of peace, and 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 individual’s personal hut. A man owns 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 they each had a mate. Sometimes that spirit mate becomes jealous of their earthly mate and causes marital discord. When this happens, a figure depicting the otherworldly spouse is carved and placated with earthly signs of attention. Wood with dark brown patina, a very elaborate coiffure, and a braided beard. Scarifications on the throat, continuing on the body. This figure is probably like wearing a mask. The treatment of the eyes, nose, mouth, head, and the beard, the form and position of the hands at the end of finely prolonged arms, as well as the design of the sophisticated carved base of this Baule figure are so distinct that it evokes a significant relation to the Baule figure from the Bohlen collection: Sotheby’s African Oceanic and Pre-Columbien Art Auction on May 16, 2008, lot 107
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