BAULE DOOR 3, Ivory Coast
Photographs © Tim Hamill
BAULE, Door 3, 59", $1500, SOLD
Baule doors share the careful execution characteristic of other
Baule sculpture. Unlike most of the Baule masks and figures, however, the
doors were not secret and were always on view. The elegant low reliefs depict
figures, heads, crocodiles, birds, objects and abstract patterns with precision
and balanced asymmetry, permanent displays of Baule artistic skill. Often
used as doors to inner rooms, they do not show the wear of exposure to the
elements.
Among the motifs are figures (or a figure) with a diviner's gong
and mallet, joined by a cord. The figure(s) are bush spirits, there are
dishes to feed them, plus a leopard and sheathed knives, symbols of might
and royalty.
RETURN TO BAULE DOORS PAGE 1
GO TO BAULE DOORS PAGE 2
RETURN TO BAULE SCULPTURE
PAGE
RETURN TO BAULE SCULPTURE
EXHIBITION PAGE
RETURN TO AFRICAN DOORS PAGE
RETURN TO AFRICAN
DOOR EXHIBITION PAGE
RETURN TO ARTIFACTS PAGE
[RETURN TO HOME PAGE] [CONTACT GALLERY] [ORDERING]
[HYPERLINKS]