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Jan van Munster - Book with pyrography: S series - 1992
Type of artwork | Ethnographic art |
Period | 1900 to 1944 |
Technique | Wood |
Style | African |
Subject | Mask |
Dimensions | 31 x 20 x 11 cm (h x w x d) |
Iv. Coast: Rare and Old African Baule mask.
Height: 31 cm.
The professional standard is not included in the auction. You can order it there for 29.85 euros.
Taxatiewaarde: 175 - 225 euro.
The Baule people is one of the largest ethnic group in the Côte d'Ivoire. They have played a central role in twentieth-century history of the country. They waged the longest war of resistance to French colonization of any West African people, and maintained their traditional objects and beliefs longer than many groups in such constant contact with European administrators, traders, and missionaries. The Baule belong to the Akan peoples who inhabit Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. According to a legend, during the eighteenth century, the queen, Abla Poku, had to lead her people west to the shores of the Comoe, the land of Senufo. In order to cross the river, she sacrificed her own son. This sacrifice was the origin of the name Baule, for baouli means “the child has died.” Now about one million Baule occupy a part of the eastern Côte d'Ivoire between the Komoé and Bandama rivers that is both forest and savanna land. Baule society was characterized by extreme individualism, great tolerance, a deep aversion toward rigid political structures, and a lack of age classes, initiation, circumcision, priests, secret societies, or associations with hierarchical levels. Each village was independent from the others and made its own decisions under the presiding presence of a council of elders. Everyone participated in discussions, including slaves. It was an egalitarian society. The Baule compact villages are divided into wards, or quarters, and subdivided into family compounds of rectangular dwellings arranged around a courtyard; the compounds are usually aligned on either side of the main village street.
Stand is not included.
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Condition | Very good | ||||||||||
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Pick up | The work can be picked up on location. As a buyer you must bring your own packaging materials. The location is: Hengelo, The Netherlands | ||||||||||
Shipment | Parcel post | ||||||||||
Price | Up to 10 kg.
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