Maternity
baule people(? – ?)
Discover the vibrant art of the Baule people from Ivory Coast, known for their intricate masks, sculptures, and spiritual themes. Explore their cultural heritage.
Mudec - ミュゼ・デ・クルトゥール(ミラノ, イタリア)
ミラノのMUDECで世界の文化を探索しましょう!多様なコレクション、素晴らしい建築、そしてアート、デザイン、人間同士の繋がりを表現する革新的な展示をお楽しみいただけます。
Baulé statuettes can either represent the spirits of the forest (asie usu) or the “spouses of the afterlife” (blolo bian and blolo bla). Asie usu spirits are described as horrifying, but they are represented as good-looking, in hopes of appeasing their wrath. Their representations are identical, in shape and style, to those of the “spouses of the afterlife”. According to the Baulé, when people are born they abandon their otherworldly spouse. People thus get figurines sculpted the way the spouse wishes to be portrayed, to avoid his or her wrath (which manifests itself as disease, sterility, impotence). In this case the figure is shaped like a mother with child (maternity being a central social value); the seated posture and the stool are signs of high social status. The elongated breasts allude to breast feeding.
作品詳細
- 作品名: Maternity
- 作家: baule people
- 制作年: 1900
- 技法: Portrait
- 著作権の状態: 著作権保護対象
- 展示場所: Mudec - ミュゼ・デ・クルトゥール
- 制作時期: Early 20th Century
- 主要な色: Espresso
- キーワード: tribal carving , african art , baule sculpture
- 色相: Green to Violet Spectrum


