Mask 6 - Baule Ram Mask
A striking African Baule Tribe mask in the form of a ram.
The Baule are an Akan group, speaking a Tano language of the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo language family and inhabit the Côte D'Ivoire between the Comoé and Bandama rivers.
The ancestors of the Baule were a section of the Asante who immigrated to their present location under the leadership of Queen Awura Pokou about AD 1750, following a dispute over the chieftaincy, and assimilated many of the indigenous peoples. After 1790 quarrels between important families destroyed the unity of the Baule, though they continued to rule much of Côte d’Ivoire until the end of the 19th century.
A striking African Baule Tribe mask in the form of a ram.
The Baule are an Akan group, speaking a Tano language of the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo language family and inhabit the Côte D'Ivoire between the Comoé and Bandama rivers.
The ancestors of the Baule were a section of the Asante who immigrated to their present location under the leadership of Queen Awura Pokou about AD 1750, following a dispute over the chieftaincy, and assimilated many of the indigenous peoples. After 1790 quarrels between important families destroyed the unity of the Baule, though they continued to rule much of Côte d’Ivoire until the end of the 19th century.
A striking African Baule Tribe mask in the form of a ram.
The Baule are an Akan group, speaking a Tano language of the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo language family and inhabit the Côte D'Ivoire between the Comoé and Bandama rivers.
The ancestors of the Baule were a section of the Asante who immigrated to their present location under the leadership of Queen Awura Pokou about AD 1750, following a dispute over the chieftaincy, and assimilated many of the indigenous peoples. After 1790 quarrels between important families destroyed the unity of the Baule, though they continued to rule much of Côte d’Ivoire until the end of the 19th century.