Bird finial "sejen" of a cult staff · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3043632
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Helga Redlich, Gelsenkirchen, GermanyLempertz, Cologne, 26 April 2003, lot 63
Size
L: 49 cm
L: 19.3 inch
Description
wood, rep. (wing)
“Sejen” means “the one who follows”. The bird sculptures were affixed on top of long staffs and and were carried at the end of the procession during hoeing competitions in the yams fields. The task of the “sejen” was to watch over the young lads.
The object Bird finial “sejen” of a cult staff with the object ID 3043632 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 243 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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Comparing literature
Koloß, Hans-Joachim, Die Kunst der Senufo, Berlin 1990, p. 44 ff.
Publications
AHDRC: 0072518