Upper part of a staff "tefalapica"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
not available anymore
Provenance
French Private Collection, ParisSize
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.