
Baston Ritual
Ethnic dignitary ceremony baton Kulango, located in the northwest of Ivory Coast.
BST-2
Text of the original catalogue
First called Dogambo are implanted in the northeast of the country, mainly in the Bonduku region, a city that seems to have been founded by them. They reach the border of Burkina Faso in the north and Ghana in the east, they are neighbours of the Lobiof the Senufo and of the Lorho. They seem to be implanted in the territory from the centuries XII or XIII, and although of voltaic origin as well as Lobi and the SenufoYou don't know exactly where they came from. Legend has it that they came out of a grotto, although they most likely came from the north. They are farmers and know how to extract gold, abundant in their lands. They maintain their independence for several centuries until in century XV, after receiving the pressure of the Diula, are subjected by the Abron, of origin AkanAnd they're forced to pay for a vassal. From animistic tradition many of them have been converted to Islam throughout the times. They worship ancestors and worship many deities of nature.
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Ethnic dignitary ceremony baton Kulango, located in the northwest of Ivory Coast.
BST-2

It represents an elephant with its trunk raised. The elephant is the representative animal of Côte d'Ivoire.
BR-1

Mask representing an elephant, an emblamatic animal from Côte d'Ivoire, performed by the procedure of lost wax.
BR-14

A woman who wears on her head what looks like a small bottle or barrel intended to contain the palm wine or…
EFM-62

The figure of motherhood is one of the oldest and most representative in Africa.
MTR-30

In most ethnic groups they are considered as those chosen by the divinities and are professed a true cult.
GML-8

Kulango art is influenced by ethnic groups Akan.
EFM-124

Stylized pair with ringed neck. Body scarifications.
PAR-17

It is a Yanyaleleya mask whose front comes out two long peaks, representing the calao and descending to the chin.
BR-29

A woman initiated as shown by her scarifications, standing on a stool with her hands in her belly as a sign of…
BRN-142