Blolo bla, blolo bian and asie usu are names retained in the catalogue for figures attributed to the Baule. This route begins with EFM-3 and EFM-4 and continues through four male-figure records. It explores distinctions of function that cannot simply be read from appearance.<\/p>\n
Arrimadas\u2019s notes pay particular attention to bodily proportions, the head and the navel. They belong to the collection\u2019s documentary history and remain available within each record. Reading them alongside other sources is more useful than assuming that every standing figure served the same purpose.<\/p>\n
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Cornell\u2019s museum describes blolo bian and blolo bla as representations of otherworld spirit spouses. Lombardia\u2019s heritage record cautions that these figures and those associated with asie usu spirits can be formally indistinguishable. Visual resemblance alone does not establish function.<\/p>\n
Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell \u00b7 Standing male figure (blolo bian)<\/a> \u00b7 Lombardia Beni Culturali \u00b7 Statua, popolazione Baul\u00e8<\/a><\/p>\n Original historical document in Spanish<\/p>\n Ombligo importante, pues es la imagen de la transmisi\u00f3n de la vida y adem\u00e1s representa al antepasado.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nReading the catalogue<\/h2>\n
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