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A Senufo Staff, "tefalipitya"

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Item Details

Description

Stab, "tefalipitya"
Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire
Mit Sockel / with base
Holz. H 103 cm.

Provenienz:
- Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury (Lot 308, September 2015)
- Kunstauktionshaus Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg (Lot 224, November 2016).

Publiziert:
Tribal Art Magazine #81 (2016), Werbung Zemanek-Münster.

tefalipitya („das Mädchen des mit der Hacke arbeitenden“) genannter Stab, auf dem eine sitzende Figur die ideale junge Senufo-Schönheit darstellt.

Solche Stäbe kommen bei Hackwettbewerben während des jährlichen Anlegens der neuen Yamsfelder im September oder Oktober zur Anwendung.

Die jungen Männer einer bestimmten Altersklasse der poro-Gehimbundes treten an diesem Tag gegeneinander an. Alle Teilnehmer hacken gleichzeitig nebeneinander jeweils eine Furche in ein vorgegebenes Ackerfeld. Unter den kritischen Augen und der Anfeuerung des anwesenden Publikums, vor allem auch der jungen Schönheiten, will jeder der angehenden Männer sein bestes geben.

Der schnellste unter ihnen bekommt den Stab jeweils in seine Reihe gesteckt, bis er von einem Kameraden überholt wird, wobei auch auf die sorgfältige Ausführung der Arbeit geachtet wird. Der Gewinner erhält abschliessend den Stab als Trophäe überreicht, den er ähnlich einem Pokal vorübergehend als Champion besitzen darf.

Weiterführende Literatur
Förster, Till (1988). Die Kunst der Senufo. Zürich, Museum Rietberg.

CHF 2 000 / 4 000
EUR 1 720 / 3 440

Condition

Ausbruch am Gefässrand restauriert; Stuhlbeine links ersetzt; rechter Arm nach Bruch restauriert. / Rim of the vessel restored; the chair legs on the left have been replaced; the right arm has been restored after fracture.

The condition (wear, eventual cracks, tear, other imperfections and the effects of aging etc. if applicable) of this lot is as visible on the multiple photos we have uploaded for your documentation.

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A Senufo Staff, "tefalipitya"

Name: A Senufo Staff, \"tefalipitya\"
SKU: 77052273
Price: 2600 CHF
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