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Baule Spirit Mask
Côte d’Ivoire
Baule Spirit Masks are created to appease the spirit mate of a man or woman when they choose an earthly mate. The Baule people believe that before birth, they existed in a spirit world where each one had a spirit mate who sometimes gets jealous of the new spouse.
This entity appears in the story “13. African Newcomers”.