Standing female figure ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3037589

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, typical posture, facial features and headgear, three piercings at the coiffure, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
the entire cultic existence of the Senufo is ruled by the “poro” society. Accordingly a great variety of figural sculpture is made for various tasks within the society. Primarily we can find maternity figures, or the big “deble” figures. For the numerous “tugubele” figures, encorporating bush spirits, present figure is too big in size. Presumably it was made for a house altar and represents a female ancestor.

The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3037589 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 242 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,500.

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