Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017
Lot 411
A Senufo champion cultivator staff tefalipitya Ivory Coast wood with a seated female figure with...
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £350
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Description
A Senufo champion cultivator staff tefalipitya
Ivory Coast
wood with a seated female figure with a characteristic crested coiffure and pierced ears, with her hands placed on her thighs, her back with chequer scarifications and horizontal lines, sitting on two stools with linear edges with alternate banding, the shaft with incised bands and with a metal tip,
142cm high, on a stand. (2)
Provenance
Michel Koenig, Brussels.
Pendarell (Pen) Kent collection.