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Maternité "katyelèô" ("mother of the village") ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3045608

sold EUR 4,200
Provenance
La Reine Margot, Paris, France
Heinz Plester, Gladbeck, Germany
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 50,5 cm
H: 19.9 inch

Description

wood,
The Senufo also have maternity figures symbolic for fertility and reproduction and as a guarantee for the future existence of the community. Their real significance though is much more complex, they are incarnations of the primal mother “katyelèô”.

From the “tyekpa” society, the female counterpart of the “poro”, maternity figures were supported in funeral ceremonies in solemn processions.


The object Maternité “katyelèô” (“mother of the village”) with the object ID 3045608 was part of the auction 92nd Tribal Art Auction on June 29, 2019. The object with the lot number 142 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,200 with an asking price of EUR 3,500.

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Comparing literature

Gagliardi, Susan, Senufo, New York 2015, ill. 94


Publications

AHDRC: 0071523


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