A male Senufo Rhythmpounder (Déblé), provenance close to Boudiali, village Nafou. Uprising from a cylindrical base with straight shortened legs, the openwork arms carved beside a slender body with a small pointed navel, the columnar neck supporting a zoomorphic head with a prominent jutting snout, wearing a domed single crested coiffure, scarification patterns around the navel; aged patina, the neck, the arms and the base of the statue with significant signs of use in form of an intensive touch-patina, the sculpture is still in the original condition like it was collected in situ, the base has several age-cracks but in general the sculpture is in good condition.


Lit.: Gottschalk, Kunst aus Schwarz Afrika, Senufo, Band 3, S. 179.

Origin of the heritage of M. Cabinet, Bouaké, one of the most well known collectors and tribalart dealers in Ivory Coast, in particular for the Senufo, similar like Amadou Bouaflé, Abidjan for the Baule and Guro part of the country.

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Height: 133 cm
Weight: 7,1 kg