Extrémité d´une canne "sejen" · Côte d'Ivoire, Sénoufo · ID: 3043632
Vendu
1 000 €
Provenance
Helga Redlich, Gelsenkirchen, GermanyLempertz, Cologne, 26 April 2003, lot 63
Description
wood, rep. (wing)
“Sejen” means “the one who follows”. The bird sculptures were affixed on top of long staffs and and were carried at the end of the procession during hoeing competitions in the yams fields. The task of the “sejen” was to watch over the young lads.
Littérature comparée
Koloß, Hans-Joachim, Die Kunst der Senufo, Berlin 1990, p. 44 ff.
Publications
AHDRC: 0072518