Porte d'un grenier à grains · Côte d'Ivoire, Région de Korhogo, Sénoufo · ID: 3046516
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”)
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-Lugano
Littérature 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
Exposition
Schaffhausen, Museum zu Allerheiligen: "217 Werke aus der Sammlung Han Coray, Agnuzzo", 26. April - 2. August 1970