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Baoule Statuette (N° 27033) Deposit sale

Sculpted according to the indications of the diviner after consultation, embodying a type of "ideal spouse", this female figure offers most of the criteria which distinguish traditional Baoulé sculpture relating to "spouses of the beyond" (African Art Western Eyes, Baule ", Vogel, p.253 to 257).
Chip, small abrasions.
Two types of statues are produced by the Baoulé in the ritual context: 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 the komien diviners, the latter being selected by the asye usu spirits in order to communicate revelations from the beyond. The second type of statues are the spouses of the afterlife, male, the Blolo bian or female, the blolo bia. This type of “companion” was abandoned or sold after the death of its Baoulé owner, logically having no more role to play.  

240.00 
Possibility of payment in 2x (2x 120.0 €)

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OriginCollection Gerard Haquet
EthnyBaoule
Countrycôte d'ivoire
Material(s)wood
Height cm28
Width8 cm
Weight0.21 Kg
Estimated datingmid-xx°

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