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Male Spirit Spouse (Blolo Blan) - Image 1
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Baule and Guro

Male Spirit Spouse (Blolo Blan)

Baule, 1933

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Male Spirit Spouse (Blolo Blan)

Baule and Guro

Male Spirit Spouse (Blolo Blan)

Male Spirit Spouse (Blolo Blan)

Baule, 1933

Physical Qualities Wood, paint, leather, 14 15/16 × 3 1/8 × 1 15/16 in. (38 × 8 × 5 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Gilbert and Jean Jackson, Potomac, Maryland
Object Number 1990.166
African Reinstallation, "Sacred Art," Apr 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, Kathryn Gunsch.
Not on View

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