Figural carved staff "tefalapica" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3037255
sold
EUR 4,000
Size
H: 112,5 cm
H: 44.3 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, crowned by a seated female figure with tribal marks on body and face, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base;
“tefalapica” means “the girl of the man working with the hoe” and presents the trophy money in a kind of hoeing competition. In September and October the young men of the Senufo have to cultivate the new yams fields, an exhausting field work, organized as a kind of competition.
Comparing literature
Förster, Till, Die Kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen, Zürich 1988, p. 19