BAULE FIGURE 26, Ivory Coast

Photographs © Tim Hamill

 BAULE
Figure 26
33.5" high
$1500
SOLD

The Baule are one of the Akan peoples. They moved west to the Ivory Coast more than 200 years ago and adopted sculptural and masking traditions from their neighbors, the Guro, Senufo and Yaure peoples.

Baule figures can be among the most elegant and designed pieces in Africa. Many show careful execution of face, coiffure and scarification details, with refined forms but no loss of expressiveness and power.

This is one of the best carved Baule figures we have seen. Despite its appearance, it shows no evidence of age or use and was probably made to be sold. The cracks on the front and side are stable.

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