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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 1722809, member: 45&quot;]The carving is African, and representative of the genre of African Colonial Art, from western Africa.&nbsp; Most was from the Ivory Coast, made by Baule carvers, but the style was copied by other tribal carvers as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>It depicted European colonial officials, or Africans in &quot;Europeanized&quot; occupations such as doctors, soldiers or technicians, in Western dress.&nbsp; Although it began in the colonial period, it is still produced today for the tourist market.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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