Shrine equipment for a trance diviner in storage, Kami

~THE MORE IMPORTANT A BAULE SCULPTURE IS, THE LESS IT IS DISPLAYED, JUST AS IN PUBLIC DEBATES THE MOST SENIOR AND RESPECTED PEOPLE SPEAK THE LEAST. “ONE COULD ALMOST SAY, THAT WHAT MOST CHARACTERIZES THOSE [AMONG THE BAULE] WHO HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEECH, IS SILENCE” (LAFARGUE 1970:13). The normal state of important sculpture is to be covered from...