Equestrian ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3040717

Description

wood, dark brown patina, remains of pigments, figure and animal disproportionate proportioned, min. dam., missing parts (right forearm and hand), cracks, traces of abrasion;
the equestrian figures are called “syonfolo”, which roughly means “master of the horse”. They were part of the soothsayers objects and were made in reminiscence of the equestrian hordes of Samori Touré once depredating and destructing the Senufos land and villages. Nowadays hardly anyone remembers this painful time, but the Senufo combined horse and rider with power, violence and with a claim to leadership for quite a long time.

The object Equestrian with the object ID 3040717 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 201.

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