Small male figure "tugubele" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3035841
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Provenance
Maria Wyss, Basel, SwitzerlandAntonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 15,5 cm
H: 6.1 inch
Description
wood, blacksih brown patina, rep. (base), cracks, traces of abrasion, base;
the “tugubele” always appear in pairs of male and female. They are helping spirits of the soothsayers, who make sacrifices in return for their help and to keep them well-disposed.
The object Small male figure “tugubele” with the object ID 3035841 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 167.
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