Young Started
The Bethé live in western Ivory Coast, with Gagnoa, Daloa and Sobré being their most important cities.
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Female statues
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Nakomse Female Statue
The female Mossi statues represent Princess Yennega, the mother of Ouedrago considered the founder of the ethnic group.
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Blolo Bla
The Baulélike other peoples in Africa, they believe that everyone has a husband or wife in the other world and that they…
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Notable Woman Sitting
Kulango art is influenced by ethnic groups Akan.
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Female Statue
Delicate statue of a young girl with incipient breasts and hands on her sides.
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Women’s Guardian Spirit
MUMUYE STATUS Mumuye blacksmiths sculpt longline, heavy-wood statues of women, called iagalagana they are kept in huts owned by families and…
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Igalagana Women’s Guardian Spirit
MUMUYE STATUS Mumuye blacksmiths sculpt longline, heavy-wood statues of women, called iagalagana they are kept in huts owned by families and…
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Female Protector Figure
These female protective figures are the object of cults in the family altars.
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Blolo Bla
The Baulélike other peoples in Africa, they believe that everyone has a husband or wife in the other world and that they…
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Sit-in woman Nyeleni
Female statue called nyeleniof corpulent features as evidenced by the roundness and strength of his breasts, buttocks and legs.
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Statue Kabila O Mendicante
The bearers of a cup or a “loose woman’s statues” usually correspond to the well-known style of Buli, the master craftsman who…
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Statue of Antigua Nyeleni
Woman statue of heavy and hard wood and in spite of everything corroded by xylophages.
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Young Woman
Little statue of a young punu with her hands in her belly indicating a next maternity.
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Alusi Femenino
An important figure in culture Igbo are the “Alusi” or geniuses of nature, responsible for disease and death, and charged with punishing…
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Priestess of Cult Gelede
The Gelede cult, practiced mainly by the Yoruba Westerners, it is a cult in honor of living or deceased elderly women.
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Religious Priestess Shango
Priestess of the cult to the god of Thunder Shango, fourth Yoruba king who was deified, and in the ceremonies of possession…
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Ancestor
An ancestor figure with an expression of sober dignity. Ligirely squatting, with long arms reaching to his knees.
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Ancestor
Curious statue of a long-armed dogon ancestor with his hands resting on the knees of slightly bent legs.
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Blolo Bla
The Baulélike other peoples in Africa, they believe that everyone has a husband or wife in the other world and that they…
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Men’s Guardian Spirit
Mumuye blacksmiths sculpt longline, heavy-wood statues of women, called iagalagana they are kept in huts owned by families and entrusted to one…
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Ancestor
Small figure of female ancestor greatly deteriorated by the xylophaphs and the passage of time.
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Ancestor
Curious and rare statuette fear who represents a woman with bulging breasts and armbands, which appear to indicate her rank or membership…
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Woman Sitting on a stool
Small piece of a woman sitting on a stool, which proves that she is a remarkable woman.
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Ancestor
A figure of an ancestor with her hands on her thighs in an attitude of seriousness and meditation, her hairstyle, rare in…
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