Maternité "katyéléô" ("mother of the village / the children of the poro") ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3049419

Description

wood, rich patina, waxed / oiled, rest., base

These generalized figures are embodiments of the primordial mother who guides and protects the sum of all the children of the community.

“Katyéléô” was particularly regarded as the protector of the initiates. The representations of mother-and-child figuratively signify a feeding of the novices with the knowledge of the “poro”.

The object Maternité “katyéléô” (“mother of the village / the children of the poro”) with the object ID 3049419 was last part of the auction 99th Auction at November 12, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 11 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.

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Comparing literature

Burkhard, Gottschalk, Senufo - Unbekannte Schätze aus privaten Sammlungen, Düsseldorf 2009, p. 80 ff.

Publications

AHDRC: 0071481