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A Senufo Figure, "tugu"

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Item Details

Description

Figur, "tugu"
Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire
Ohne Sockel / without base
Holz. H 14 cm.

Provenienz:
Privatsammlung, Paris.

tugu genannte Figur. Symbol für die kleinen, unsichtbaren und überall anzutreffenden Buschgeister, deren Hilfe für Wahrsager unabdingbar war. Sie versprachen ihren menschlichen Partnern Unterstützung und verlangten im Gegenzug dazu Opfer und Anerkennung.

Weiterführende Literatur:
Gagliardi, Susan Elizabeth. “Divination and Senufo Sculpture in West Africa.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/divi/hd_divi.htm (January 2010)

CHF 100 / 200
EUR 86 / 172

Condition

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Weight

30 g

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A Senufo Figure, "tugu"

Name: A Senufo Figure, \"tugu\"
SKU: 91814192
Price: 200 CHF
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