Figure of a horse and rider. Wood

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Description: Figure of a Horse and Rider

TitleFigure of a Horse and Rider

Creator nationality/cultureBaule

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsWood and iron

LocationStaaliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich

SubjectsBaule (African people)Figure sculpture, AfricanSpirits

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2. The Baule World

Susan Mullin Vogel

Baule: African Art, Western Eyes

~THE OBJECTS AND INSTITUTIONS OF BAULE CULTURE HAVE A CONSISTENT CHARACTERISTIC SHAPE; THERE ARE RESEMBLANCES AMONG THEM, WHETHER THEY ARE MATERIAL THINGS OR CULTURAL ABSTRACTIONS. A BAULE DANCER APPEARS SELF-CONTAINED, CLOSED IN OUTLINE, ALMOST INTROVERTED, WITH CONTROLLED, BALANCED MOVEMENTS—IN SHORT VERY LIKE A BAULE SCULPTURE; the traditional village...

Author

Susan Mullin Vogel

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.38-77

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00287.4

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22147&redirecttoanchor=74293

Chapter subject tags:Baule (African peoples)Sculpture, BauleVillages--West AfricaHousehold shrinesDivination--AfricaSpirits

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