Upper part of a staff "tefalapica" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3041975

Name: Upper part of a staff "tefalapica"
SKU: 3041975
Availability: Discontinued

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Provenance

French Private Collection, Paris

Size

H: 37,5 cm

H: 14.8 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, in shape of a standing female figure, carrying a bowl on the head, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
for a work of the same artist, see Carl Einstein, 1920, p. 66.
“Tefalapica“ means “the girl of the man working with the hoe” and presents the trophy money in a kind of hoeing competition. When the young men of the Senufo have to cultivate the new yams fields, a kind of competition will be organized.

The object Upper part of a staff “tefalapica” with the object ID 3041975 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 204.

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