Figural carved staff "tefalapica"

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, remains of blue paint, iron spout, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, base;
“tefalapica” means “the girl of the man working with the hoe” and presents the trophy money in a kind of hoeing competition. In september and october the young men of the Senufo have to cultivate the new yams fields, an exhausting field work, organized as a kind of competition.