Ex-French collection of African tribal art. Probably the incarnation of a female goddess, this type of statue was kept on the bo osu altar where sacrifices were made to the spirits. Desiccation crack (base). Speckled grainy patina. Around sixty ethnic groups populate Ivory Coast, including the Baoulé, in the center, Akans from Ghana, a people of the savannah, practicing hunting and agriculture just like the Gouro from whose cults and masks they borrowed. During the 18th century, united under a single banner, these Akan people were, according to legend, guided by Queen Aba Pokou to the region of gold mines in the east of Côte d'Ivoire to settle there. . The Waka-Sona statues, "being of wood" in Baoulé, evoke an assié oussou, being of the earth. They are part of a type of statue intended to be used as a medium tool by Komien diviners. Other statues that are difficult to differentiate embody the husband or wife of the afterlife. Ref. : "Baule" Susan M. Vogel
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