A female Senufo bowlkeeper of the Bundiali region, North/West Ivory Cost, the sculpture of a young womanis supporting a decorated calabasse for "Dolo" (Tschapalo) Millet Beer, the dring for the best farmer of the time, with other words it is trophy, the male person on top is holding a tooth of a young elephant in his hand, the sign of a brave man, he is the one who got this trophy in his youth for his services in agriculture; blackened patina, some chips at the rim of the calebasse, but in general in good condition.

Provenance: Collection Abdu Ousmané "Barré", a well known Collector and Art dealer in West Africa, located in Lomé, Togo

1.600 - 2.000,- Euro

sold

Height: 72 cm
Weight: 1,7 kg