Sometimes wrongly called "settler", this type of African statuette forms the incarnation of a spiritual spouse, sculpted according to the instructions of the diviner. In "African art, Western eyes" Susan Vogel reports that a figure of this type (p.255), an idealized spouse, is represented dressed in city clothing because the spouse is supposed to have a job in city. The earthly spouse, through the worship paid to this spiritual double, expects to have his favors and protection at his disposal. 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 religions and masks they borrowed. Abraded polychrome patina.
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