Porte d'un grenier à grains
Côte d'Ivoire, Région de Korhogo, Sénoufo
Vendu
900 €
Provenance
Han Coray (1880-1974), Zurich/Agnuzzo, Switzerland (“HC 30”)Paolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland (1976)
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland (“WS 166”)
Taille
M: 121,5 cm x 47 cm
M: 47.8 inch x 18.5 inch
Description
wood, patina, exhibition label “30”, collection number “205”, small repair at the lower edge
The doors of the Senufo show motifs from the creatin myth, from divination practice or from the repertoire of traditional symbolism. The representation in the middle part is compared in the old tribal cosmology with the “navel of the world”.
Expertise
Paolo Morigi, 17 November 1976, Magliaso-LuganoLittérature comparée
Rinsoz, Jean-Louis (Hg.), Die Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, Vevey 1969, p. 98 f.Publications
"217 Werke aus der Sammlung Han Coray, Agnuzzo", Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen,1970, No. 30; Libresso Katalog, No. 12, 1976, Abb. 2AHDRC: 0170836