A large female Rhythm-Pounder, Ivory Coast, from the Korhogo region, collected in the village Sinematiale, stylistically this large figure is belonging to the more archaic type of Pounder, because the legs are uprising from the cylindrical base without feet, while newer "Déblé" usually have abstract feet on which these figures stand on their heavy base; fine resinous to natural ochre colored surface, carved from extremly heavy wood. Origin M. Kaba Cabinet, Bouaké.

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Height: 128 cm
Weight: 7,2 kg

When M. Cabinet was asked why his sons had not continued trading in antiques, he replied: This is not a job but a passion. To make a career with it today is difficulte. I did not advise any family member to continue his work.

A similarity that he probably shares with many collectors. Big international auction houses come when there is an inheritance, a divorce or a bankruptcy. The hope that family members will continue what has been started by a serious collector is usually nothing more than hope. From an economic point of view, this passion for collecting these strange things makes no sense during one's lifetime and what happens with it afterwards, you don't notice ... as curious as you may be.

One could also quote the German humorist Loriot at this point, who had a passion for pug dogs. He said: "A life without a pug is possible, but it doesn't make any sense!"

It seems similar for the collectors of these things: "A life without collecting these strange objects is possible, but" the question of the sense "seems to have found an answer in this case too. We should be honest, if a collector dies, he inherits a bunch of "madness".

And by the way: Who wants to inherit such an ugly dog like a pug?

Lit.: Wolfgang Jaenicke, Great Arfican Art by a Great African Art Collector and Dealer: Mr. Kaba Cabinet, Ivory Coast.