Standing bird figure "porpianong" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3038899

Name: Standing bird figure "porpianong"
SKU: 3038899
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Charles Meier, Los Angeles, USA

Size

H: 83 cm

H: 32.7 inch

Description

light brown wood, dark brown patina, elongated beak, resting on the bulging chest, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (wings, back, base), fine cracks, traces of abrasion, base;
probably representing a hornbill. The “bird” is one of the primal beings in the Senufo cosmology. It clearly has the belly of a pregnant woman, as well as a phallic beak. It is simultaneously female and male.

The object Standing bird figure “porpianong” with the object ID 3038899 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 291.

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