Senufo Tugubele Figure | Fashor and Eagar
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Collection

Senufo Tugubele Figure
Senufo African Art
African Art of the Senufo
Senufo Figure

Senufo Tugubele Figure

Superb Senufo Tugubele Figure Form Ivory Coast.

Senufo Tugubele Figure

ETHNIC GROUP
Senufo

COUNTRY

Ivory Coast

MATERIAL
Wood, patina of age.

DIMENTIONS

13.25 inches tall (33.7 cm)

CIRCA

Early 20th Century.

PROVENANCE

Jean-Pierre Hallet (1927-2004)

EXHIBITED
No known exhibitions

LITERATURE

No known publications

CATALOGUE NOTE

Small wooden antropomorphic statuettes were used by Senufo diviners, called Sando’o, to communicate with helpful spirits living in the wilderness. The name tugubele applies to both the spirits and the mediating statuettes. Artists creating tugubele followed closely the instructions given to them by the diviner who would have been told certain details about the figure’s required appearance, gender, posture, scarification marks etc. directly by the spirit. Diviners were contacted by the spirits often while they were sleeping in the form of a dream.

Weight 5 lbs
Dimensions 16 × 12 × 12 in
SKU: 2719 Category: Tags: , ,

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