Baule Wooden Statuette

Baule Wooden Statuette
Item Number SAS1977

$395 

This beautifully carved statuette is 23 inches tall, and venerates a deceased ancestor. It also emphasizes the fundamental role of women in this matrilineal society. 

African art and masks of the Baule. The Baule people, who inhabit the Ivory Coast, were once part of the great Ashanti empire: but in the mid 1700's the Baule separated and went their own way. Though still considered part of the Akan ethno-linguistic group, the Baule have developed many customs and styles uniquely their own. 

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