Top of staff "tefalipitya" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3043636

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of black paint, prominent geometrical facial features with rectangular eyes, various drilled holes, slightly dam., crack, abrasion of paint, base.
For a work by the same workshop / artist, see Carl Einstein, 1920, ill. 66.

The object Top of staff “tefalipitya” with the object ID 3043636 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 226.

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Comparing literature

Einstein, Carl, Negerplastik, München 1920, ill. 66

Publications

AHDRC: 0150471