Name: Baule Monkeys
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Author: Bruno Claessens;Jean-Louis Danis

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Publisher

Yale University Press

Author

Bruno Claessens;Jean-Louis Danis

Year

2016

Pages

192

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

31.6x24.3x2.3 cm

ISBN13

9780300222449

Baule Monkeys

Bruno Claessens;Jean-Louis Danis (Author) · Yale University Press · Hardcover

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Synopsis "Baule Monkeys"

The Baule people of the Ivory Coast are renowned for their refined sculptural work of masks and figures. This book is the first to focus exclusively on an antithetic aspect of Baule culture—rough zoomorphic sculptures representing monkeys. These awe-inspiring bowl-bearing figures evoke invisible powers and serve their communities through the mediation of diviners. Investigating the creation, forms, and usage of the sculptures, the authors shed light on the cultural and ritual contexts in which they operated. Beautifully illustrated with over 55 full-page color images of works in public and private collections, this important publication also includes many unpublished field photographs. Distributed for Mercatorfonds