Equestrian figure · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3044215
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Description
wood, pigments, base
Père Knobs, a catholic missionary who lived among the Senufo from 1923 to 1935, noted that horses were “relatively numerous” but they were owned only by the wealthy. Horses cannot be bred successfully in the Senufo region, and must be imported from further north. Not only are they costly to buy, but they are expensive to maintain and feed. As they easily succumb to diseases such as colic, sleeping sickness, and intestinal worms, their life span is short: normally one to two years.
The object Equestrian figure with the object ID 3044215 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 215 achieved a sales price of EUR 7,000.
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Publications
Chemeche, George, The Horse Rider in African Art, Suffolk 2011, p. 86
AHDRC: 0096685