{"id":4956,"date":"2019-02-04T11:18:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T16:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/?p=4956"},"modified":"2024-06-27T12:45:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:45:05","slug":"baule-wooden-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/2019\/02\/baule-wooden-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Baule Wooden Door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4895\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2019\/01\/Horse-Door-web.jpg\" alt=\"Baule Wooden Door\" width=\"275\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2019\/01\/Horse-Door-web.jpg 275w, https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2019\/01\/Horse-Door-web-152x300.jpg 152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/>This wooden door from the Ivory Coast was made by the Baule people in the mid-20<sup>th<\/sup> century.\u00a0 Known as <em>anuan<\/em>, such doors are carved with a variety of motifs as decorative embellishments for both public and private spaces.\u00a0 Traditional Baule carving embraces adding ornamental touches to functional objects.\u00a0 Carvers use the blank surface of the doors to create scenes from Baule mythology as well as purely decorative representations.\u00a0 The horse-and-rider motif seen here is a common symbol representing military skill. This door\u2019s rider wears a distinct white helmet, which may identify him as an African \u201c<em>tirailleur<\/em>\u201d soldier that fought in the French army.<\/p>\n<p>This Baule door is featured in the virtual exhibit <em><a href=\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/horses-and-the-human-experience\/\">Horses and the Human Experience<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This wooden door from the Ivory Coast was made by the Baule people in the mid-20th century.\u00a0 Known as anuan, such doors are carved with a variety of motifs as decorative embellishments for both public and private spaces.\u00a0 Traditional Baule carving embraces adding ornamental touches [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"overlay_title":false,"hide_featured_image_post":false,"wfu_hide_page_title":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artifacts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Baule Wooden Door - Timothy S. 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