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Figural carved staff "tefalapica" - Côte d'Ivoire,

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Figural carved staff "tefalapica" - Côte d'Ivoire,

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wood, brown patina, remains of black paint, round staff, carved with a sitting female figure, carrying a bulbous vessel on her head, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
"tefalapica" means "the girl of the man working with the hoe" and presents the trophy money in a kind of hoeing competition. In September and October the young men of the Senufo have to cultivate the new yams fields, an exhausting field work, organized as a kind of competition.
H: 125,5 cm, H: 49,4 inch
Provenance:
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1993)
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Lit.: Förster, Till, Die Kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen, Zürich 1988, p. 22, ill. 5
Continent: Africa

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Figural carved staff "tefalapica" - Côte d'Ivoire,

Name: Figural carved staff \"tefalapica\" - Côte d'Ivoire,
SKU: 33662842
Price: 280 EUR
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