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Description : Important Senufo Female Statue Boundiali Region Ivory Coast H: 119 cm (approx. 3’ 11”) Estimated age: end of the 19th or early 20th century Compare: Sotheby’s, Important African and Oceanic Art, Paris, June 11, 2008, plate 117, Afrikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, p. 83, plate 23 Provenance: French private collection This important ritual statue presents a subtle diversion in proportions, which give a great impetus to the representation, the arms, the thighs, and the belly are disproportionately lengthened in order to respond faithfully to a system of plastic expression that favors elegance. With a beautiful patina in brown and ocher tones, this work presents a mastered work, on the one hand in the harmonious construction and consideration of the dimensions of the work and, on the other hand, in the careful treatment of the details of engraving in the wood. The face is decorated with oblique scarifications on the temples, which emphasize the look and which, from the commissure of the lips, widen the smile. A sun is also finely drawn around the navel. The elements of the adornment are sophisticated, the headdress ending in a point is almost as high as the face, a round necklace of varying dimensions falls between the taut breasts, and fine bracelets exacerbate femininity and beauty in a universal design. This large sculpture corresponds to a style that is found in the region of Boundiali, in the central part of northern Ivory Coast. She represents the mother of the village, Katyeléo, who regenerates the cultures, the universe, and the inhabitants thanks to the poro rite. Wood, vegetable fibers.
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