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Djimini People Ceremonial Drum
Carved wood drum has a light brownm patina with white kaolin, with an animal skin drum head secured by carved wood pegs. On the cylinder of the drum are alternating masks with bird and ancestral faces. The pedestal base also has serpents and…
Tags: Cote d'Ivoire, Djimini People, Ivory Coast
Guro People Zamble Society Ceremonial Spoon
Tags: Cote d'Ivoire, Guro People, Ivory Coast, Spoon, Zamble Society
Ligbi People Ceremonial Dance Mask
This warthog’s head mask has cutouts for the dancer’s eyes just below the painted eyes. The mask is made of carved wood with a black vegetable pigment patina with white kaolin, blue indigo and red earth pigment. Some indigenous fabric remnants are…
Tags: African, Cote d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, Ligbi, Mask
Baule People Royal Wari Game Board
This crocodile-shaped game board has recessed cups in its back for game use and holding the playing pieces. This mathematical game is played with cowrie shells or pebbles, and is similar to chess. The game board is carved out of wood with and dark…
Tags: Baule People, game board, Ivory Coast, Wari
Guro People Ceremonial Dance Mask
From the Guro People of Cote D’ Ivoire. Carved wood with polychrome paint of primarily purple female face with red lips, open mouth with white filed teeth, downcast open slit eyes rimmed with black, facial scarification, delicate ears with earring…
Tags: Africa, Broward County Library, Cultural, Guro People, Ivory Coast, Mask
Baule Wood Seated Male Figure
Baule people are prolific carvers. A statue is usually on a base with legs bent slightly, and hands at rest on the abdomen to communicate a feeling of peacefulness. The coiffure is generally detailed. The statue represents the spirit of the bush and…
Attye Seated Figure
In the Lagoon region of the Ivory Coast, the Attye and Ebrie people have statuses of full-frontal female figures which possess the distinct feature of raised coiffure and a rich patina.
Royal Ceremonial Fly Whisk Handle
Fly whisk features two elephants with their trunks entwined around a tree. The center shaft is missing the blue indigenous fabric for shooing away flies. It is made of carved wood with brown patina and 24K red gold leaf.
Baule Monkey
This monkey figure is referred to as a gbekre, a brother of the buffalo spirit known as Guli. It is carved out of natural unstained wood. This figure fulfils a deity role by receiving offerings in agricultural rituals and protects the living. A…
Bete People Ceremonial Dance Mask
Carved wood male face mask in a dark brown patina with white kaolin highlights. The small carved beard has a woven rope and raffia beard attached to it and fabric behind it.