A male Senufo Rhythm Pounder, called Déblé, from the region Korogho, village Diantèmè, standing on a tall cylindrical base, slender slightly bent legs, an abstract elongated torso, the navel is decorated with linear scarification marks, rounded shoulders, the arms are elongated and show a broad bracelet, the hands clenched to fists are resting next to a loincloth, the elongated slender neck carries an oval head with a protruding mouth beneath an elongated nose leading to deep cut brows and bean-like eyes, the fascial plane with its fine stylized features shows a high degree of abstraction, the coiffure forming a triangular crest on the top and two parts hanging on the sides; dark brown patina, traces of age and ritual use, hard wood. Provenance Mohamed Belo Garba.

Lit.: Burkhard Gottschalk: Senufo. Massa und die Statuen des Poro, 2002; Staatliche Museen der Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, Die Kunst der Senufo, Elfenbeinküste. Mit einem Beitrag von Till Förster, 1990; Museum Rietberg Zürich, Die Kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen, 1988; Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi: Senufo unbound. Dynamics of art and identity in West Africa, Cleveland 2015.

1.200 - 1.600,- Euro

Height: 91 cm
Weight: 3.5 kg