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.
The object Harp element with the object ID 3035852 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 168.
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Comparing literature
Cogdell, Jacqueline, Turn up the Volume! University of California 1999, p. 293, ill. 66