Harp element · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3035852
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Provenance
Gilbert Lavarino, Geneva, SwitzerlandAntonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 15 cm
H: 5.9 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, in shape of a rectangular board with drilled holes aside, crowned by a human head with forehead crest, slightly dam., minor traces of usage, base;
such instruments were used by diviners in consultation with the spirit world.
Comparing literature
Cogdell, Jacqueline, Turn up the Volume! University of California 1999, p. 293, ill. 66