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Sculpture
Spoon
Yaoure or Baule artist, (active )
Yaoure or Baule artist
Côte d'Ivoire
7 1/16 x 1 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. (18 x 4.5 x 8.5 cm)
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overall
overall
Wood
Wood
Yaoure or Baule; made in Côte d'Ivoire
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eating & serving utensils
Sculpture
1964.102
item
Memorial Art Gallery
11/28/2000
64.102SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
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64.102SL2
slide
detail- handle
2 x 2
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64.102DI1
digital image
front
00/00/00
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64.102DI#2
digital image
front
1/22/2008
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64.102DI#3
digital image
Three-quarter
1/22/2008
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64.102DI3
digital image
00/00/00
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64.102DI4
digital image
00/00/00
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Sculpture
Female Figure (Blolo Bla or Asie Usu)
Baule artist, (active )
Baule artist
Côte d'Ivoire
Primary
17 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 3 in. (43.5 x 7.9 x 7.6 cm)
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Wood
Wood
Baule; made in Côte d’Ivoire
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0
Sculpture
The Baule believe each person has a spirit spouse (husband=blolo bian, wife=blolo bla). The presence of a troublesome, jealous spirit spouse can result in illness or misfortune. A carving can be commissioned to ensure the spirit’s protection and good will. These extremely private sculptures are kept hidden in the owner’s bedroom where they are attended to and anointed with oil. Raised scarification patterns represent Baule standards of beauty and identity, while their contained posture and introspective expression reflect social virtues of tradition and decorum.
Bush spirit figures (asye usu) are carved when an uncivilized bush spirit forms an attachment to a human and makes trouble in their life. Asye usu can only be appeased by a sculpted figure kept enshrined and placated with offerings that, over time accumulate in a thick crust. This surface (often cleaned off when the sculpture is sold) is the only way to distinguish between a spirit spouse and a bush spirit, as in all other ways they look the same. For this reason, it is impossible to know if this figure is a spirit spouse or a bush spirit figure.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
verso, Base coat: acryloid B-67 in naptha
Number: acrylic paint
Top coat: acryloid B-67 in naptha
1969.33
item
Memorial Art Gallery
11/28/2000
69.33SL1
slide
full 3/4 right
2 x 2
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glossy
full 3/4 R
8 x 10
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glossy
full 3/4 L
8 x 10
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negative
full front
4 x 5
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negative
full 3/4 R
4 x 5
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negative
full 3/4 L
4 x 5
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69.33DI1
digital image
2 x 2
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69.33SL2
slide
full 3/4 left
2 x 2
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69.33SL3
slide
full frontal
2 x 2
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69.33DI#2
digital image
7/28/2009
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Sculpture
Male Figure (Blolo Bian or Asie Usu)
Baule artist, (active )
Baule artist
Côte d'Ivoire
Primary
18 x 4 x 4 1/4 in. (45.7 x 10.2 x 10.8 cm)
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Wood
Wood
Baule; made in Côte d’Ivoire
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0
Sculpture
The Baule believe each person has a spirit spouse (husband=blolo bian, wife=blolo bla). The presence of a troublesome, jealous spirit spouse can result in illness or misfortune. A carving can be commissioned to ensure the spirit’s protection and good will. These extremely private sculptures are kept hidden in the owner’s bedroom where they are attended to and anointed with oil. Raised scarification patterns represent Baule standards of beauty and identity, while their contained posture and introspective expression reflect social virtues of tradition and decorum.
Bush spirit figures (asye usu) are carved when an uncivilized bush spirit forms an attachment to a human and makes trouble in their life. Asye usu can only be appeased by a sculpted figure kept enshrined and placated with offerings that, over time accumulate in a thick crust. This surface (often cleaned off when the sculpture is sold) is the only way to distinguish between a spirit spouse and a bush spirit, as in all other ways they look the same. For this reason, it is impossible to know if this figure is a spirit spouse or a bush spirit figure.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
1971.19
item
Memorial Art Gallery
11/28/2000
71.19SL1
slide
2 x 2
00/00/00
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glossy
full
2 x 4
00/00/00
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negative
full
4 x 5
00/00/00
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glossy
full
8 x 10
00/00/00
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71.19DI1
digital image
2 x 2
00/00/00
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71.19DI#2
digital image
71.19_A2.jpg
1/22/2008
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71.19DI#3
digital image
Three-quarter
1/22/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/71.19_A3.jpg
71.19DI#4
digital image
71.19_A4.jpg
1/22/2008
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/71.19_A4.jpg