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Tiemele Konan and his spirit wife, Kouassikouassikro, Tiemelakro quarter, Agba Katienou region

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Description: Tiemele Konan and his spirit wife, Kouassikouassikro, Tiemelakro quarter, Agba...
TitleTiemele Konan and his spirit wife, Kouassikouassikro, Tiemelakro quarter, Agba Katienou region
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1978
Object typePhotograph
SubjectsBaule (African people)Figure sculpture, AfricanSpirits
StatusSculpture carved around 1948
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7. Art that is Glimpsed: The Private
Susan Mullin Vogel
Description: Baule: African Art, Western Eyes
Baule: African Art, Western Eyes
FROM CHILDHOOD, ALL BAULE PEOPLE KNOW THAT A SCULPTURE THEY MIGHT GLIMPSE IN A SLEEPING ROOM IS PRIVATE AND NOT TO BE LOOKED AT...
Author
Susan Mullin Vogel
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 1997 Yale University Art Gallery
Related print edition pages: pp.240-267
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00287.10
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22153&redirecttoanchor=74458
Chapter subject tags:Baule (African peoples)Sculpture, BauleSpiritsWomen, BauleDivination--Africa

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