Standing pair of figures "tugubele" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3032600

Description

wood, partly shiny dark brown patina, remains of pigments, a male and a female figure, their bodies nearly identical in shape and posture, min. dam., crack (female figure), slight traces of abrasion, on acrylic base;
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 pair of figures “tugubele” with the object ID 3032600 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 310.

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