Archaic Turka Yodola Figure Ex Karl-Heinz Krieg
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A rare carved wooden effigy shown seated with well handled and weathered surface and embellished with metal hoop and cowrie shells. Turka peoples, Mali / Ivory Coast, West Africa. The figure measures 12 inches tall. Provenance: Karl-Heinz Krieg collection, also The Robert Banks collection, Maryland. Karl Heinze Krieg ( 1934-2012 )is an important collector and scholar of Senufo and regional arts of the Ivory Coast. Born 1934 in Pforzheim, Germany, he worked from 1960 for the Baseler Mission in Agogo, Ghana, as an administrator of the local hospital. In the next years he started travelling with Jürgen Zwernemann, former curator of the Linden Museum in Stuttgart, to Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Mali. Karl-Heinz then worked in Korhogo with Karmini Arachi, father of Souleymane Arachi, and gathered collections for the Linden Museum in Stuttgart and for the Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, Germany.
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Fair, well handled
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Archaic Turka Yodola Figure Ex Karl-Heinz Krieg
Estimate $500 - $800
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