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The simply designed spoon comes from the Kulango people of central Ivory Coast .The Kulango today live in an area of transition between the Sudanic cultures of Mali and the Akan cultures of Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. They came to this area from the north and as a result of contact primarily with the Asante, gradually through time picking up local cultural traits so that they can be considered to have been "Akanized."
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The Shankadi are a subgroup of the Luba tribe whose art is easily recognized by their characteristic tiered pagoda hairstyle. Luba ivory pendants represent ancestral spirits. As such, they belong to a broad category of Luba sculpture called 'Mikisi Mihasi' (Colle, 1913). The miniature figures represent portraits, or at least a likeness, and are named and honored in the memory of certain revered ancestors. Sculpted from ivory, as well as bone and horn, these delicate diminutive figures are suspended...
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Overall Condition: Fair. Most of our pieces have spent decades on at least two continents, and have been treasured by several owners. Small splits, scrapes and cracks are a normal part of their patina attesting to their age and extensive use. We examine each piece carefully when we receive it and report any damage we find in our listings. Please look carefully at the pictures which may also reveal condition and damage.
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Additional Information : This delightful carved female figure comes from the Baule people of Ivory Coast well known for the quality and detail of their carving. Attention is focused upon the head with emphasis given to the well-carved details of the face with arched eyebrows, finial nose, rounded forehead and well-shaped mouth. The figure has patterns of keloid scarification on the face, the back of her neck, on her back, her breasts, arms, and belly. All these details add more charm to the elegant...
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African Arts is a journal devoted to the plastic and graphic arts of Africa , broadly defined to encompass sculpture in wood, metal, ceramic, ivory, and stone, and less familiar work in fiber, hide, mud, and other materials. Included in this mandate are architecture, arts of personal adornment, contemporary fine and popular arts, and the arts of the Africa diaspora. In addition, the journal encourages dialogue on other forms of African expressive culture: film, theater, dance, and music.
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Baule figurative statuary is some of the best known and most collected. Finely carved male and female figures ranging is size from 20 to 60 centimeters are generally portrayed in a standing position of formal calmness with arms close to the body and hands resting on the abdomen. Attention is focused upon the head with emphasis given to detailed face and neck scarification and elaborate coiffures. Figures are often enhanced through the addition of gold leaf or by jewelry. Baule figure sculptures fall...
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African Art / Lega / Lega Ivory Ritual Pipe with Shell Decorations - PF.2884
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Small or low multi-part chairs like this are also found among the Guro, the Gere, and the Baule. These small chairs are usually part of the household effects of a distinguished family. They are regarded as private property and may belong to older people, men or women. One has to ask the owner's permission if one wishes to sit on such a chair. Some individuals..."have sacred chairs which only their owners may use." Among the Dan, these chairs are known as GrandFathers chairs. They played an important...
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Product ID: 045578. Ethnic Group: Senufo. Special Price ($290.00): $261.00. Shipping: $25.00. Quantity Available: 1.
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Product ID: 044075. Ethnic Group: Senufo. Price: $210.00. Shipping: $22.00. Quantity Available: 1.
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Additional Information: This standing figure of a woman with child on her back in a typical African manner most probably came from a shrine some where among the Baule of Ivory Coast. Remains of dust and obvious wear indicates long use and substantial age for this wooden figure. Classically carved figures such as this mother and child among the Baule are known generally as waka sran, meaning a 'person of wood'. Some maternity sculptures were owned by diviners known as Komien, who could tell the future...
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The Kissi people revere stone anthropomorphic carvings found in fields and rivers in an area located around the Sewa and Mano Rivers. They are called Nomoli. These carvings are extremely old and it was not until 1959 that Western scholars associated them with the so-called Afro-Portuguese ivory objects carved by artists of the Sapi kingdom. Although the Sapi kingdom collapsed in the 16th century, their art survived buried beneath the ground. Occasionally, these ancient works would be accidentally...
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Additional Information: This beautifully carved standing female figure comes from the Bete one of a number of small, segmented groups close to the Atlantic coast. Today the Bete people of the Ivory Coast live along the Sassandra River in large villages organized according to family lineages. Like neighboring peoples such as the We or the Dan, the Bete carve and use figures of extraordinary form and inventiveness to represent important chiefs and honored ancestors during funerary ceremonies when they...
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Additional Information: This well carved helmet -mask is intriguing as it has similarities to a number of different peoples living in Ivory Coast and Mali; the Senufo or Bamana for example. But it is not sufficiently specific in it’s form to be identified to an initiation or masking group where it would be used. So it simply remains at best to be identified to one of the Western Sudanic peoples. The iconography of the animal horn on the forehead and the crocodile on the top of the head are common...
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Additional Information: This old and elegantly carved male figure comes from the Baule people of Ivory Coast well known for the quality and detail of their carving. Baule figure sculptures fall into two categories, the first represents spirits of the wild (asie usu) that live in the bush beyond village boundaries and the second are male and female figures that represent ‘spirit world’ spouses for their owners. These ‘other world spouses', are kept in personal shrines where offerings are made to them...
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Additional Information: This beautiful mask from the Baule people of the Ivory Coast probably falls into a special grouping known as ‘portrait masks’. Called “ndoma” by the Baule, they are said to portray an honored person of the village who is celebrated during a ceremonial dance known as “Mblo”. It is an aesthetic performance in which this beautifully carved mask would be worn with a multicolored costume and danced in the most graceful manner by either the person it represents or a relative. The...
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Additional Information: This large face mask from the Baule people of the Ivory Coast probably falls into a special grouping known as ‘portrait masks’. Called “ndoma” by the Baule, they are said to portray an honored person of the village who is celebrated during a ceremonial dance known as “Mblo”. It is an aesthetic performance in which this beautifully carved mask would be worn with a multicolored costume and danced in the most graceful manner by either the person it represents or a relative. The...
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Additional Information: This mask comes from the Baule people of the Ivory Coast. Traditional Baule elements are elaborate hairstyles for women, braided beards for men, one or both hands on belly, elaborate keloid scarification, almond shaped eyes, serene faces. This mask probably falls into a special grouping known as ‘portrait masks’. Called “ndoma” by the Baule, they are said to portray an honored person of the village who is celebrated during a ceremonial dance known as “Mblo”. It is an aesthetic...
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The Dan people of north east Liberia or Ivory Coast numbering about 350,000, live as farmers in small villages and towns in Northwest Liberia and eastern Ivory Coast. Sculpted female figures among the Dan or Yacuba are commissioned by wealthy or socially prominent men to represent their favored wife. Sometimes sculpted with a baby on their back the figures exemplify the ideas of fertility and continuity of the family. These figures are known as ‘lu me’ or wooden person and can be over 60 centimeters...
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Additional Information: This wonderfully standing female comes from the Bete people of the Ivory Coast who live today along the Sassandra River in large villages organized according to family lineages. Like neighboring peoples such as the We or the Dan, the Bete carve and use figures of extraordinary form and inventiveness to represent important chiefs and honored ancestors during funerary ceremonies when they were presented to the village as part of a procession. This carved figure exaggerates the...
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Additional Information : This beautiful carved female figure comes from the Baule people of Ivory Coast well known for the quality and detail of their carving. Attention is focused upon the head with emphasis given to the well-carved details of the face with arched eyebrows, finial nose, rounded forehead and well-shaped mouth. The figure has patterns of keloid scarification on the face, the back of her neck, on her back, her breasts, arms, and belly. All these details add more charm to the elegant...
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This figure comes from the Baule people of Ivory Coast well known for the quality and detail of their carving. She is a “blolo bla”, a male’s “lover” in the spirit world, a representation of the physical being with whom the male could have sexual relations. Idealized ‘spirit lovers’ have emotions as do humans and can become angry with their ‘real world’ lover who then must assuage their irritation with them. To find out what caused the problem and how to resolve this anger of the other worldly ‘spirit...
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Additional Information: This large and elegantly carved seated figure of a chief comes from the Baule people of Ivory Coast--well known for the quality and detail of their sculpture. The Baule, like the Asante, from whom they separated in 1701, have powerful chiefs leading well-organized ruling courts with numerous trappings of rank and authority similar to those of the Ashanti. This figure portrays a Baule chief with the markings. This chief holds a knife in his right hand, indicating his authority...
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