Extrémité figurative d´une canne "tefalapica" ou "tefalipitya" · Côte d'Ivoire, Sénoufo · ID: 3041770
Vendu
1 400 €
Provenance
Peter Werner, Munich, GermanyWalter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria (ca.1965)
Description
wood, greyish black patina, typically in shape of a sitting female figure with her face and body carved particularly beautiful, which becomes visible above all in profile view, slightly dam., minor missing parts (horn-like projection on the forehead, crested coiffure, left ear, fingers), crack, abrasion of paint;
the staff was cut off and the two rear legs of the stool added subsequently.
Publications
AHDRC: 0141974