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Staff "tefalipitya" or "daleu" for a champion cultivator, Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Size: H: 30 cm (figure) 147 cm (inclusive staff) (H: 11.8 inch (figure) 57.9 inch (inclusive staff)), ID: 3042625
Staff "tefalipitya" or "daleu" for a champion cultivator, Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Size: H: 30 cm (figure) 147 cm (inclusive staff) (H: 11.8 inch (figure) 57.9 inch (inclusive staff)), ID: 3042625 - 2/8 Staff "tefalipitya" or "daleu" for a champion cultivator, Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Size: H: 30 cm (figure) 147 cm (inclusive staff) (H: 11.8 inch (figure) 57.9 inch (inclusive staff)), ID: 3042625 - 3/8 Staff "tefalipitya" or "daleu" for a champion cultivator, Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Size: H: 30 cm (figure) 147 cm (inclusive staff) (H: 11.8 inch (figure) 57.9 inch (inclusive staff)), ID: 3042625 - 4/8 Staff "tefalipitya" or "daleu" for a champion cultivator, Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Size: H: 30 cm (figure) 147 cm (inclusive staff) (H: 11.8 inch (figure) 57.9 inch (inclusive staff)), ID: 3042625 - 5/8 Staff "tefalipitya" or "daleu" for a champion cultivator, Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Size: H: 30 cm (figure) 147 cm (inclusive staff) (H: 11.8 inch (figure) 57.9 inch (inclusive staff)), ID: 3042625 - 6/8 Staff "tefalipitya" or "daleu" for a champion cultivator, Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Size: H: 30 cm (figure) 147 cm (inclusive staff) (H: 11.8 inch (figure) 57.9 inch (inclusive staff)), ID: 3042625 - 7/8 Staff "tefalipitya" or "daleu" for a champion cultivator, Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Size: H: 30 cm (figure) 147 cm (inclusive staff) (H: 11.8 inch (figure) 57.9 inch (inclusive staff)), ID: 3042625 - 8/8
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Lot 147
87th Tribal Art Auction

Staff "tefalipitya" or "daleu" for a champion cultivator ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3042625

sold EUR 1,600
Provenance
Nagel, Stuttgart, 9 November 1999, lot 472
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
Size
H: 30 cm (figure)
147 cm (inclusive staff)
H: 11.8 inch (figure)
57.9 inch (inclusive staff)

Description

wood, rich slightly sticky black patina, typically crowned by a seated female figure, separately worked and fit on the staff, abundantly adorned, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, rep. (horn tip above forehead rest.), breakage (seat/back leg of the stool), cracks (staff).
The sculpted figure always represents a “pitya” - a young unmarried woman at the peak of her physical beauty. “Te-fali-pitya” means “hoe-work-girl”.

The object Staff “tefalipitya” or “daleu” for a champion cultivator with the object ID 3042625 was part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction on November 11, 2017. The object with the lot number 147 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600 with an asking price of EUR 800.

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Comparing literature

Vogel, Susan, For spirits and kings, African Art from the Paul and Ruth Tishman Collection, New York 1981, p. 48 f.

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