Dance crest "dagu" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3043809
sold
EUR 1,600
Provenance
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany (1970)Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 November 2011, lot 223
Size
H: 62 cm
H: 24.4 inch
Description
wood, rep.
The horns symbolize cattle, which makes sense, because the young men who have passed “zeu” were looked upon as “nescient” and therefore “scary oxes”.
The object Dance crest “dagu” with the object ID 3043809 was part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction on July 7, 2018. The object with the lot number 218 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600 with an asking price of EUR 1,500.
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Comparing literature
Guenneguez, André et Afo, Art de la Cote-d'Ivoire et de ses voisins, Paris o.J., p. 107
Publications
AHDRC: 0139691