Male altar figure "ndeo" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Coulibaly workshop · ID: 3045276
sold
EUR 1,800
Provenance
Mamadou Silla (“Grand Silla”), Bamako, Mali (1960)Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Size
H: 77,5 cm
H: 30.5 inch
Description
wood,
A female figure from the Coulibaly workshop (also ex Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg) was auctioned on 10 March 2018 at Zemanek-Münster.
Formerly placed on the altar of a fortune teller “sando”.
Sculptures on divination altars reflect the status, prestige, and skill of their owners and appeal to spiritual intermediaries.
Comparing literature
Krieg, Karl-Heinz & Wulf Lohse, Kunst und Religion bei den Gbato-Senufo, Elfenbeinküste, Hamburg 1981, p. 44 f.