Door of a granary · Côte d'Ivoire, Korhogo Region, Senufo · ID: 3046516
Paolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland (1976)
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland (“WS 166”)
Description
wood, patina, exhibition label “30”, collection number “205”, small repair at the lower edge
The doors of the Senufo show motifs from the creatin myth, from divination practice or from the repertoire of traditional symbolism. The representation in the middle part is compared in the old tribal cosmology with the “navel of the world”.
The object Door of a granary with the object ID 3046516 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 186 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.
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Expertise
Paolo Morigi, 17 November 1976, Magliaso-Lugano
Comparing literature
Rinsoz, Jean-Louis (Hg.), Die Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, Vevey 1969, p. 98 f.
Publications
"217 Werke aus der Sammlung Han Coray, Agnuzzo", Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen,1970, No. 30; Libresso Katalog, No. 12, 1976, Abb. 2
AHDRC: 0170836
Exhibition
Schaffhausen, Museum zu Allerheiligen: "217 Werke aus der Sammlung Han Coray, Agnuzzo", 26. April - 2. August 1970