Small female figure "tugubele" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3040673
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, encrusted in some areas, characteristic posture, accentuated mouth, incised scarification marks, carved with bracelets, slightly dam., cracks, abrasion of paint, base;
such figures belong to single persons, mainly soothsayers. They are indispensable for getting into contact with the “tugubele”, the small invisible and omnipresent bush spirits. The “tugubele” promise to help their human partners, when they are appreciated accordingly, which means that a figure has to be carved, representing them. Just like the bush spirits such figures are called “tugubele”.
The object Small female figure “tugubele” with the object ID 3040673 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 206 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.
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