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Susan Mullin Vogel
Description: Baule: African Art, Western Eyes
Baule: African Art, Western Eyes
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Susan Mullin Vogel
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
PublisherYale University Press
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Abla Poku, Queen 30, 34, 35, 36
Adyanun 36, 59, 210, 215–20
adz 70, 282
aesthetic appreciation 17–18, 29, 82–83, 84, 90
aja (family treasure) 36, 72, 93, 192, 195–202, 203
Akan 30, 204, 288
Akplowa Ngoie 211
Ambomon 144, 149–55, 150, 154, 156, 167
amuin 53, 57–59, 93, 119, 122–23, 155, 194
bla 59, 215, 219; see also Adyanun
bo nun, see bo nun amuin
interdictions of 119, 123n
Mbra, see Mbra
for oath taking 104
yasua, see bo nun amuin
Anasu Kouakou 20, 66
ancestors 53–57, 195–204
aja and 36, 72, 192, 195–202, 203
gold and 36, 192, 195–202, 195, 204
shrines to 53–56, 55, 57, 202–4, 203
stools and chairs of 36, 53, 56, 57, 105, 195–96, 202–4
Aoutou Lazar 253
artists 104, 144, 148, 157, 278, 282, 284
decorated objects by 282–84
Koffi Alany 159
Owie Kimou 125, 126, 137, 139, 141, 145, 214
see also gold workers
artist’s tool, decorated 70
Asante 30, 34–35, 130, 204
Asye 53, 62, 64, 65–66
asye usu, see bush spirits
asymmetry 26–28, 26, 99, 143, 240
Attiegoua Yao 73, 74
Bakary Yao 140
Bakra (Aoutou Kouassi) 225, 225, 226, 237
Baule art:
aesthetic appreciation of 17–18, 29, 82–83, 84, 90
asymmetry in 26–28, 26, 99, 143, 240
and Baule view of 17, 19, 80, 82, 90–91, 92–98, 292
changes in 28–29, 36–37, 140, 204, 214, 270–72
concealment of, see hidden art objects
containment in 28, 40, 156
darkness and 127–31
individual relationships with works of 98–105, 123, 166
ownership of 70, 71, 98, 102–5
visual memory and 123–27
see also specific types and examples
Baule people 34–37, 68–77
children 124–25, 256
competition among 50–52, 69–70, 74–76, 77, 185, 242
French and 20, 34, 42, 71, 178, 210, 214
individualism of 49, 68, 73, 102, 204
marriage among 71–72
mobility among 70–71
myth of origin of 34–35
names of 102, 157
origins and Mamla 30, 35–36, 94, 141, 195, 204, 252
villages of, see villages
belts, war 92
blolo (other world) 67, 247
spirits of, 67; see also spirit spouses
bo nun amuin (amuin yasua; men’s gods; men’s masks), 36, 47, 49, 53, 59, 89, 155, 171, 190, 191, 192–93, 194, 205–14, 210, 211, 212, 218, 219–20, 278, 282
Botiwa 214
Do 191
figure for private devotion 208
five-horned mask 205
Jaha 211
Je 210–11, 214, 218
three-horned mask 212
weight in form of masker 214
Botiwa 214
bo usu figures 81, 242, 246, 262
bo usu shrines 81
Brou Kpengbeng 242
bush spirits (asye usu) 36, 36, 49, 60, 67, 100, 222, 224, 225, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 234, 239, 237, 246, 262, 266, 278
bo usu, 81, 242, 246, 262
figures for 14, 93, 121, 190, 221–24, 221, 222, 230–34, 233, 231, 236, 237
bush/village dichotomy 40–47, 65, 140, 168, 186, 219–20
mediating spaces and 44, 44, 186
“carrying the corpse” ritual 53, 53, 73, 207
Carteron, Père Michel 46
chairs and stools 272, 273
ancestral 36, 53, 56, 57, 105, 195–96, 202–4
chiefs 30, 48, 200
children 124–25
spirit spouses and 256
Christianity 20, 34, 171, 214, 215
Cole, Herbert 292
comb 283
coming of age ceremony 4, 217
competition 50–52, 69–70, 74–76, 77, 185, 242
cord, sacred (ndole kpole) 74, 216
cults 58, 59, 90, 103
see also amuin
dances 92–93, 102, 217
Adyanun (women’s sacred dance) 36, 59, 210, 215–20
trance diviner performances 68, 119, 221, 234–39, 235
see also masks, mask dances
darkness 127–31
decorated objects 80, 83, 90, 94, 270–84
as artists’ advertisements 282–84
artist’s tool 70
Delafosse, Maurice 30, 34, 35–36, 210, 212, 217, 231, 249–52, 250
divination 36, 50, 53
carrying of the corpse 53, 53, 73, 207
mouse 36, 268, 270, 271
see also trance divination, trance diviners
Do 191
doors 24, 99, 126, 278, 281
doubles:
opposite-sex 168, 185, 267
portrait masks as 102, 157, 168
dreams 17, 56, 258, 259, 265–66, 277
drum 284
Effimbra, Georges 252
Etienne, Mona 253
Etienne, Pierre 216–17, 253
family treasure (aja) 36, 72, 192, 195–202, 203
fan 280
recarved for use as a pulley, 275
female/male dichotomy see male/female dichotomy
figure sculptures 29, 57, 66, 67, 68, 100, 109, 114
bo usu 81, 242, 246, 262
decorative, torso from 86
janus 230–31, 231
man carrying a sculpture 114
monkey 41, 65, 193, 224, 230, 235, 238
in personal shrines 242–46
theater and 111
trance diviners depicted in 30, 222
trance diviners’ use of 14, 93, 121, 190, 221–24, 221, 222, 230–34, 231, 236, 237
unfinished 288
see also spirit spouses
fly whisks 128, 195, 198
forest 42, 44, 205–207
French colonization 20, 34, 42, 71, 178, 210, 214
funeral bed 198
funerals 92, 118, 140, 155, 157, 166, 190, 194, 195, 199, 225
“carrying of the corpse” ritual in 53, 53, 73, 207
Do mask performance for 191
Goli performed for 169, 179, 182
Gbagba 140, 144–45, 146, 148, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 166–68, 172, 186, 214
Ambomon figure in 144, 149–55, 150, 154, 156, 167
Gbozo 214
gold 36, 94, 190, 192, 194, 195–202, 195, 198, 200, 201, 204, 278
kit for weighing of 276
gold workers: tablet for 279, 282
workshop and shrine of 60
Goli dance 22, 36, 49, 69, 118, 136, 137, 138, 140, 169–86, 170, 176, 177, 214, 267
Goli Glen in 111, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 177, 178, 181, 182, 185, 186, 212
Kpan in 171, 173, 175, 178, 182, 184, 185, 186
Kpan Pre in 171, 173, 175, 177, 178, 180, 182, 182
Kple Kple in 169, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176–77, 178, 179, 182
shutters representing masks in 281
wall paintings representing masks in 173, 211
Goli Glen 111, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 177, 178, 181, 182, 185, 186, 212
gong mallets 29, 124, 229
gongs 194, 229
Guerry, Vincent 58, 73n, 206, 252
Guro 35, 36, 171, 172
hair ornaments 283
headdress, ceremonial 216
hearths 84
hidden art objects 19, 52, 76–77, 83, 108, 112, 114, 123, 190–94, 242–44, 270
masks 138–40, 139, 145, 146; see also masks, mask dances
spirit spouses, see spirit spouses
see also looking and seeing
Himmelheber, Hans 83, 86, 153, 168, 213n, 262, 268, 284
horn, side-blown 176, 181
Houphouet Boigny, President Felix 20, 34, 217
houses, painted 84, 97, 173, 208, 211
shutters 281, 290
individualism 49, 68, 73, 102, 204
Inya (NgattaYaha) 74, 76
Ivory Coast, map of 32
Jaha 211
janus figure 230–31, 231
Je 210–11, 214, 218
jealousy 74, 76, 242
KalouYao 137–38, 166, 181
Kami 19–21, 42
courtyard of chief in 48
French and 20, 42
liminal area 44
relocation of 20, 42n, 46, 66, 145
Kangah (Kouassi Nguessan Louis) 56, 74, 78, 83–85, 125, 126, 196, 259, 265, 266
Katake (Kouassi Nguessan) 30, 192, 225, 229, 232, 234–37
kings 30
Koffi Afwe Monique 83, 84
Koffi Alany 159
Koffi Kle (Kouassi Koffi Patrice) 53
Komien, see trance divination, trance diviners
Konan Bedel 207
Konan Bédié, President Henri 34
Kondekaa 130
Kongonou, chief of 30
Kotche Koffi 62–65, 62
Kouadio Aya, Rosalie 230, 232, 234
Kouakou Akissi Mirabelle 253, 253, 255, 256–58
Kouakou Amwi 222
Kouakou Ndri Genevieve 247
Kouame Ngoza 56
Kouame Oma 56, 122, 159
Kouassi Afli 211
Kouassi Aya 224, 227, 227
Kouassi Ba (Kouame Kouassi Remy) 235, 237
Kouassi Koffi Joseph 104
Kouassi Kouame 69, 148, 148
Kouassi Nzue Jeanne 100, 245, 248, 261
Kouaya (Kouame Aya) 77, 126, 253–56, 261–65
Kpan 171, 173, 175, 178, 182, 184, 185, 186
Kpan Kpan 69, 145–48, 146, 148
Kpan Pre 171, 173, 175, 177, 178, 180, 182, 182
Kple Kple 169, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176–77, 178, 179, 182
lantern, kerosene 200
Lela Kouakou Benoit 126
looking and seeing 83, 108–23
etiquette of 110, 193
visual memory and 123–27
words for 91–92, 136, 190–92, 244, 272
see also hidden art objects
loom beater 275
Loucou Yao 62, 225
male/female dichotomy 40, 47–49, 140, 167, 168, 219–20
gender ambiguity and 185–86, 267
and men’s impersonations of women 167, 168
opposite-sex doubling and 168, 185, 267
mallets 28, 29, 124, 229
Mamla 30, 35–36, 94, 141, 195, 204, 252
marriage 71–72
masks, mask dances 28, 29, 49–50, 68–69, 89, 90, 92–93, 102, 118–19, 127, 136–40, 166, 278, 282, 286
Ambomon in 144, 149–55, 150, 154, 156, 167
antelope 153
concealment of 138–40, 139, 145, 146
disciplinarian at 111
elephant 153
Gbagba 140, 144–45, 146, 148, 149–55, 150, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 166–68, 172, 186, 214
Goli, see Goli dance
Goli Glen 111, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 177, 178, 181, 182, 185, 186, 212
Kpan 171, 173, 175, 178, 182, 184, 185, 186
Kpan Kpan 69, 145–48, 146, 148
Kpan Pre 171, 173, 175, 177, 178, 180, 182, 182
Kple Kple 169, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176–77, 178, 179, 182
Mblo see Mblo dances
men’s see bo nun amuin
moon 161
ownership of 103–5
portrait see portrait masks
rabbit 128
ram 132
sheep 153
shutter with mask decoration 290
styles of movement in 155–56, 166, 177, 178
weaver’s pulley in form of man wearing mask 293
Mblo dances 4, 36, 49, 118, 132, 136–37, 138, 140, 141–68, 195, 205–6
Ambomon in 144, 149–55, 150, 154, 156, 167
Gbagba 140, 144–45, 146, 148, 149–55, 150, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 166–68, 172, 186, 214
Kpan Kpan 69, 145–48, 146, 148
see also portrait masks
Mbra 193, 222, 224, 225, 226, 227, 227, 229, 230, 234, 237, 246
monkey figures for 235, 238
mother and child figure for 233
shrines for 51, 225
migration myth 34–35
Misie Ayiman 211
money 72
monkey figures 41, 65, 193, 224, 230, 235, 238
mother and child
figures 97, 233
Mo Tokou (Akissi Tokou) 218–19
mouse divination 36, 268, 270, 271
Moya Yanso 134, 137, 144, 145
music:
Gbagba songs 156–57
instruments used in 156, 176, 176, 177, 181, 284
names, personal 102, 157
nature spirits, see bush spirits
ndole kpole (sacred cord) 74, 216
necklace 201
Ngoran Koffi, Bole 125, 126, 146, 248–49
Nguessan Ahou, Rosine 102, 103, 145
Nguessan Américain (Koffi Nguessan Etienne) 20–21, 21, 68, 74, 83, 85n, 116, 119, 194, 248, 249, 258–59, 267, 282
night 127–31
Nyakan (Kouame Ndri) 137, 138–40, 139, 144
Nyamien Amenan 112, 231, 232
Nyamien Kpli 59–62, 194
ointment pot 283
Owie Kimou 125, 126, 137, 139, 141, 145, 214
ornaments 276, 279
ownership of artworks 70, 71, 98, 102–5
pendants:
crescent 201
crocodile 201
face 201
mask 4
snake 86
Petit, André 180–82
poisoning 73, 73n, 207
portrait masks 4, 26–28, 26, 94, 100, 100, 102, 103, 105, 112, 134, 138, 140, 141–44, 141, 143, 145, 149, 157–66, 162, 165, 167, 168, 168, 267, 288
as double 102, 157, 168
of Kouame Orna 159
of Moya Yanso 137, 139
see also Mblo dances
powers and spirits 50, 52–68, 74, 80, 82, 85–89
Asye 53, 62, 64, 65–66
interdictions of 47, 65
see also amuin; bush spirits; spirit spouses
pulleys 125, 128, 272, 275, 293
rattles, gourd 107, 109, 176, 177
handle for 176
repoussé disks 276
sculptures, see Baule art; figure sculptures; masks, mask dances
secrecy 123
see also hidden art objects
seeing, see looking and seeing
Senufo 35, 36, 68, 130, 172
shrines 72, 73, 76–77, 106, 109
ancestral 53–56, 55, 57, 202–4, 203
to Asye 64, 65–66
bo usu 81
of diviners 232
Mbra 51, 225
in Nguessan’s courtyard 116
personal 242–46, 245
pot 215, 216
spirit wife 51
shutters 281, 290
slingshot 282
songs, Gbagba 156–57
Soule (Alany Kouadio) 17, 18, 20, 35, 67, 137, 157, 203, 207, 208, 218, 259
spirits, see powers and spirits
spirit spouses 36, 49, 67–68, 72, 98, 100, 119–22, 123, 246–67, 277, 278, 282
carrying of 125–26
figures for babies 244
husbands 4, 93, 100, 240, 245, 253, 255, 261
interdictions of 77
wives 51, 60, 69, 78, 83–85, 112, 114, 250, 255, 256, 262, 267
spoon 277
staffs 55, 203
stools and chairs 272, 273
ancestral, 36, 53, 56, 57, 105, 195–96, 202–4
sword 198
Teki Kouakou 249, 266
theater 111
Thurow, Donald 72, 76, 169, 174, 175, 196, 196n, 284
Tiemele Konan 267
trance divination, trance diviners 36, 49, 67, 100, 106, 119, 192, 193, 221–39
figures depicting 30, 222
gongs of 194, 229
hat of 229
Katake 30, 192
mallets of 29, 124, 229
Nyamien Amenan 232
performances of 68, 119, 221, 234–39, 235
sculptures used by 14, 93, 121, 190, 221–24, 221, 222, 230–34, 231, 236, 237
weapons for display by 237
see also Mbra
Vagla 111
villages:
plan 45
bush and 40–47, 44, 65, 140, 168, 186, 219–20
changes in 28–29, 46–47, 140
courtyards in 42, 47, 47, 48
relocation and reconstruction of 19, 20, 42n, 46–47, 46, 114, 122, 140, 145
trees in 42, 44, 48
see also Kami
visuality, see looking and seeing
wall paintings 97, 208
representing Goli masks 173, 211
Wan 169, 171, 172, 180, 182–85, 186, 214, 288
water vessels 38, 283
weavers 272, 275
weaver’s pulleys 125, 128, 272, 275, 293
weights:
in form of bo nun amuin masker, 214
in weighing kit 276
in shape of head 276
wood 98, 261, 265, 266, 277
Yakouakoukro 93, 171, 184
Yamoussoukro 20, 218
Yaure 288
Ziarey Kouame 145
Yoboue Kouame 157, 213
Zehue Koffi Nestor 191, 286