Figure d'autel masculine "ndeo" · Côte d'Ivoire, Sénoufo, Atelier Coulibaly · ID: 3045276
Vendu
1 800 €
Provenance
Mamadou Silla (“Grand Silla”), Bamako, Mali (1960)Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Description
wood,
A female figure from the Coulibaly workshop (also ex Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg) was auctioned on 10 March 2018 at Zemanek-Münster.
Formerly placed on the altar of a fortune teller “sando”.
Sculptures on divination altars reflect the status, prestige, and skill of their owners and appeal to spiritual intermediaries.
Littérature comparée
Krieg, Karl-Heinz & Wulf Lohse, Kunst und Religion bei den Gbato-Senufo, Elfenbeinküste, Hamburg 1981, p. 44 f.