Bâton figuratif sculpté ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Sénoufo · ID: 3046847

Description

wood, leather, cowry shells,
This staff is crowned by a standing female figure in contrast to the “tefalipitya” staffs, which are always carved with seated females.

Himmelheber assumed that this type of staff was associated with fertility, and reported that they belonged to young girls and that they were employed as a sort of badge to demonstrate their status to the young men as being newly circumcised and untouchable.

L’objet Bâton figuratif sculpté avec l’ID d’objet 3046847 a fait partie de l’enchère Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction en 23 mai 2020 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 146.

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