- Collection:
- Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012
- Title:
- Spirit spouse figures
- Date of Original:
- 1800/2012
- Subject:
- Baule (African people)--Côte d'Ivoire
Spirits
Woodwork
Art, Baule--Côte d'Ivoire - People:
- Henderson, Al--Art collections
Henderson, Dana--Art collections - Location:
- Ivory Coast, 8.0, -5.5
- Medium:
- figurines
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Spirit spouse figurines created by the Baule people of Côte d'Ivoire..
Spirit figures such as these are considered to be the embodiment of the spouse each Baule man and woman leaves behind in the spirit world when they are born into the living world. As such these sculptures are to be revered and treated with the same care as a living person. These two figures are most likely made by the same artist, or in the same workshop. Both are made for the art market, and their surfaces have been treated to make them look older than they really are. However, their proportions and their quality of carving make them good examples of the Baule aesthetic.
Gift of Al and Dana Henderson to the Tubman African American Museum. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:tbmn_sftm_tm07292011-45
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sftm/do:tm07292011-45
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact the Tubman African American Museum re: reproduction and usage. The information contained in this resource may not be re-purposed, reproduced, quoted without proper citation, or offered for sale in any form without the express written permission of the Tubman African American Museum.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800/2012, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 2 figurines : wood ; 54 x 16 x 18 cm. and 54 x 16 x 16 cm.
- Holding Institution:
- Tubman African-American Museum
- Rights:
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