Standing female figure "tugubele" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3034479

Description

wood, dark brown patina, carved with bracelets and scarification marks, slightly dam. (crested coiffure), paint rubbed off, traces of insect caused damage (left foot), socle;
such small human figures belong to single persons, mainly soothsayers. They are indispensable for getting into contact with the “tugubele”, the small invisible and omnipresent bush spirits. The “tugubele” promise to help their human partners, when they are appreciated accordingly, which means that a figure has to be carved, representing them. Just like the bush spirits such figures are called “tugubele”.

The object Standing female figure “tugubele” with the object ID 3034479 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 309.

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