Awale
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: JGS-10
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- Height
- 23 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments.
Great game of awalé representing a crocodile. The crocodile is the dispenser of water to the earth. It is the king animal of rivers and coastal…
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Full original description
Great game of awalé representing a crocodile. The crocodile is the dispenser of water to the earth. It is the king animal of rivers and coastal lagoons with great roots in Ivory Coast. The famous crocodile lake of late President Felix Houphouet Boigny is known. And this animal is reproduced in numerous akan weights of gold weighing, often with a fish in its mouth and its jaws are imitated in many zoomorph masks. It's for the Baulé a spirit of water and a symbol of life and fertility. Patina for use.
Further technical information
- Width
- 73 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX or older
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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