Baule Female Sculpture, Ivory Coast #789 Cache-Sexe in Iron Mofu People of Nigeria The name Hematite is derived

The name Hematite is derived from the Greek word for blood

“citrine

they were opposed for long to the hegemony of the coastal kingdoms ruled by the current Baga and Landuman peoples

It thus acts as a shield from the "Evil Eye"

creating an un-broken chain of

Baule Female Sculpture, Ivory Coast #789 Cache-Sexe in Iron Mofu People of Nigeria The name Hematite is derivedBaule Female Sculpture, Ivory Coast #789 A Female Baule Sculpture, Ivory Coast, standing on flattened feet on a round base, beneath short legs with muscular calves, leading to rounded buttocks, a long torso with slightly protruding abdomen beneath sagging, tapering breasts, the open work arms carved close to the body, the large hands frame the protruding navel, strong neck supporting a big ovoid head, a little pout, beneath a slender nose with high