 Door 22 64" SOLD |
 Door 23 59" SOLD |
 Door 24 53" SOLD |
 Door 25 33.5" $800 |
| Door 22 64" SOLD |
Door 23 59" SOLD |
Door 24 53" SOLD |
Door 25 33.5" $800 |
 59" $1500 |
 58" $1500 |
 51.5" $1400 |
 40" $1000 |
Baule doors share the careful execution usually characteristic of other Baule sculpture. Unlike most of the Baule masks and figures, however, the doors were not secretive and were always on view. The elegant low reliefs depict figures, heads, crocodiles, birds, objects and abstract patterns with precision and balanced asymmetry, permanent displays of Baule artistic skill. Often used as doors to inner rooms, they do not show the wear of exposure to the elements.
Among the motifs are figures (or a figure) with a diviner's gong and mallet, joined by a cord. The figure(s) are bush spirits, there are dishes to feed them, plus a leopard and sheathed knives, symbols of might and royalty.
These doors show no evidernce of age or use and were probably made to be sold.
We recommend Baule: African Art Western Eyes by Susan M. Vogel (Yale). We have copies for sale at $40.
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