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A Fine Baule Spirit Husband Sculpture: A finely carved wooden male effigy known as a Blolo Bian. Baule men and women have figures like this carved for their “other-world” or spirit spouses in order to please them and ensure they will b

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Old Baule Blolo Bian Spirit Husband, African Art: A Carved wooden male effigy with finely carved coiffure and tribal scar designs. The sculpture has a very well handled and polished patina suggesting much handling over the years. The figure has some

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A Baule Male Sculpture: A carved wooden male effigy, possibly used as a Blolo Bian or "Spirit Husband" Oracle figure. The face and extremities like the mouth are worn quite smooth from handling and wear consistent with cerem

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A Lovely Baule Blolo Bla Spirit Wife sculpture: A very fine carved wooden female effigy known as a "Blolo Bla" . The Baule believe that, in the otherworld called Blolo, all human beings were married before birth. These spirit spouses called blolo b

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A Fine Baule Spirit Husband Sculpture: A Very Heavy carved wooden "Spirit Husband" or Blolo Bian, a male effigy kept by the bedside and often rubbed and cleaned, the Baule believe that if a person who experiences physical or emotional dist

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Baule male figure, Ivory Coast. African art: Baule male figure, Ivory Coast. Wood, fine dark brown patina, traces of erosion. This standing figure represents the spirit of an ancestral male spouse (Blolo-Bian). Upright on a circular base with na

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2 African Carved and Painted Wood Figures: 2 African Carved and Painted Wood Figures: 1) Baule Spirit Spouse-Blolo Bla, Baule People (Ivory Coast), 20th C. Size: 18"H x 5"W x 5"D (45.5 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm); 2) Seated Figure Depicting A Hunter, Ak

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A Fine Baule Spirit Husband, African Art: A Very finely carved wooden effigy of a male or "Blolo Bian" a "Spirit Husband". Carved from a single piece of dense and heavy wood, with finely crafted facial features and form, raised tribal scars a

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A Fine Old Baule Female Effigy field collected 1950: A very fine carved wooden female effigy known as a "Blolo Bla" . The Baule believe that, in the otherworld called Blolo, all human beings were married before birth. These spirit spouses called blolo b

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A Fine Baule Male & Female Spirit Figures: A very finely carved male and female couple of Blolo or Spirit husband and Wife sculptures. The figures are very well worn with a honey colored surface worn smooth, raised scar designs and classic fac

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A Baule Shrine Idol Ex Sothebys: A Carved wooden Baule Blolo-Bian or Male Shrine Figure. Ivory Coast, West Africa. Provenance: Sothebys Arcade, NY, Mid 1980s. The figure measures 19.75 inches tall.

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A Baule Figure, "blolo-bian": Figur, "blolo-bian" Baule, Côte d’Ivoire Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, Glasperlen. H 36 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass Madeleine und Jean-Jacques Keller (bis 1980 Abidjan, danach Rheinfelden). Die Zuo

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A Baule Figure, "blolo-bian": Figur, "blolo-bian" Baule, Côte d’Ivoire Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 35,5 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Maria Wyss, Basel. - Sammlung Peter Stettler (1939-1998) und Erica Stettler-Schnell (geb. 1940

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A Baule Figure, "blolo-bian": Figur, "blolo-bian" Baule, Côte d’Ivoire Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, Glasperlen. H 37,5 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass Privatsammlung Basel-Landschaft; 1960er Jahre in Situ erworben. Die Zuordnung d

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A Baule Figure, "blolo-bian": Figur, "blolo-bian" Baule, Côte d’Ivoire Holz. H 40 cm. Provenienz: deutsche Sammlung Die Zuordnung der Baule-Figuren ist ausserhalb des gesellschaftlichen Kontexts und im Nachhinein schwierig. All

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Baule Nature Spirit Sculpture Ex Carl Zabel Collection: A wonderful old carved wooden shrine object depicting a nature or forest spirit with deep well handled surface patina and area of "tan-lines" where a textile once covered the waist line. Baule peoples

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Baule Tribe Blolo Bian Spirit Spouse Sculpture

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Africa, Early 20th Century
Carved wood male figure dyed black with finely carved hair, scarification to face, neck, and back, and beads around his face. The Baule believe that every married man and woman have a partner in the afterlife, these figures are used to communicate with their spiritual partners to ask for advice or discuss problems.
Approx. 10 7/8" t x 2 3/8" w x 3 1/2" d.
From the deaccessioned collection of a Cultural Museum in Alabama.
Accession number "1980,43,04"