Figural headpiece of a staff "tefalapica" or "tefalipitya" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3041770

Description

wood, greyish black patina, typically in shape of a sitting female figure with her face and body carved particularly beautiful, which becomes visible above all in profile view, slightly dam., minor missing parts (horn-like projection on the forehead, crested coiffure, left ear, fingers), crack, abrasion of paint;
the staff was cut off and the two rear legs of the stool added subsequently.

The object Figural headpiece of a staff “tefalapica” or “tefalipitya” with the object ID 3041770 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 30 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400.

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AHDRC: 0141974