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A Blolo Bla wooden Spirit Spouse highly stylised female figure that includes a highly ornamental coiffure; she stands tall and clasps onto her breasts, legs seemingly at an angle but lands on flat, large feet. The Baule believe that they resided in the spirit world prior to entering the world.

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Date

20th century (early)

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Bibliographic Citation

African Masteworks in the Detroit Institute of Arts, by Michael Kan, Roy Sieber, David W. Penney, Mary Nooter Roberts and Helen M, Shannon, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London

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