Head piece of a stringed instrument (?) ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3033937

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, slightly encrusted in some areas, in shape of a stylized female half figure with tapering breasts, eight drilled holes in pairs for fixing the strings, slightly dam., abrasion, on block-like pedestal

The object Head piece of a stringed instrument (?) with the object ID 3033937 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 187.

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