A female Senufo statue from the village Kanogoba (sometimes spelled Kanoroba) about 80 km from Korhogo. The legs rising directly from the base, a loin cloth arranged in three rows, a slender torso with a protruding navel which is decorated with scarifications, the breasts tapering and slightly drooping, the shoulders are shaped like a board with scarifications, elongated arms with bracelets, the hands rest on the hips, a long neck, an oval head with a pointed mouth showing bared teeth, a long flat nose with a round tip, the encircled eyes are nearly round, powerful brows arching above them, the hairstyle consists of a crest in the middle and a ponytail-like curl on each side and a smaller one at the nape; shiny dark brown patina, clear signs of age and cultic use. Provenance Mr. Diakite.

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.

sold

Height: 113 cm
Weight: 5,6 kg