A Senufo statue couple, from the area between Banfora and Ferkessedougou, probably from the village Balanfodougou, both standing with bent legs on weathered hemispherical bases, radiating scarifications emanating from the bulging navel, further linear ones are distributed over the whole body, especially on the arms, rounded shoulders, the hands resting on the abdomen, elongated faces, no mouth, a long straight nose with round tip, slightly protruding eyes, on the head of each statue sits a stylized animal; beautiful sacrification patina, minor damage to coiffure and shoulder.

Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi, Senufo Unbound, 2015. Homberger, Lorenz, Die Kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen. Texte: Till Förster, Museum Rietberg, 1988. Koloss, Hans-Joachim, Förster, Till, Die Kunst der Senufo, Elfenbeinküste, 1979. Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Burkhard Gottschalk Senoufo. Massa et les Statues du Poro, Düsseldorf, 2002.

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Height: 34,4 cm / 34 cm
Weight: 600 g / 500 g