Zemanek-Münster

Staff "tefalipitya" ("hoe-work-girl") ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3045746

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Provenance
Manfred Magin, Weinheim, Germany
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, 22 March 2014, Lot 213
Size
H: 120 cm
H: 47.2 inch

Description

wood, base

In september and october the young men of the Senufo have to cultivate the new yams fields, an exhausting field work, organized as a kind of competition. The winners will receive a “tefalipitya” staff as an award.


The object Staff “tefalipitya” (“hoe-work-girl”) with the object ID 3045746 was last part of the auction 92nd Tribal Art Auction at June 29, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 140.

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