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A Rare Senufo Bronze Staff, "tumogani"

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Item Details

Description

Seltener Bronze-Stab, "tumogani"
Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire
Im Wachsausschmelzverfahren hergestellt.
Mit Sockel / with base
Gelbguss, Eisen. H 108 cm.

Provenienz:
Galerie Walu, Zürich (1990).

tumogani („Geistfigur aus Messing") genannter Stab, auf dem eine sitzende Figur die ideale junge Senufo-Schönheit darstellt.

Laut Anita Glaze (op.cit.) sind solche Stäbe Teil der Nuyo's genannten Zeremonie, die eine der Zwischenstufen des poro-Gehimbundes markiert. An diesem Anlass tragen die Sänger nebst einer Fasermaske jeweils einen dieser Metallstäbe mit sich.

Weiterführende Literatur
Anita J. Glaze (1986). "Dialectics of Gender in Senufo Masquerades" in African Arts, Vol. 19, No. 3 (May, 1986), pp. 30-39+82.

CHF 2 500 / 5 000
EUR 2 150 / 4 300

Condition

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A Rare Senufo Bronze Staff, "tumogani"

Name: A Rare Senufo Bronze Staff, \"tumogani\"
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