Maternité "katyéléô" ("mother of the village / the children of the poro")
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Price
EUR 1,500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Lean-Louis Picard, Paris, 8 October 1991, Lot 183German Private Collection
Size
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch
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”.
Comparing literature
Burkhard, Gottschalk, Senufo - Unbekannte Schätze aus privaten Sammlungen, Düsseldorf 2009, p. 80 ff.Publications
AHDRC: 0071481