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Largre African Caryatid Ceremonial Ritual Drum Pinge Senufo Tribe Africa
Largre African Caryatid Ceremonial Ritual Drum Pinge Senufo Tribe Africa
Largre African Caryatid Ceremonial Ritual Drum Pinge Senufo Tribe Africa
Largre African Caryatid Ceremonial Ritual Drum Pinge Senufo Tribe Africa
Largre African Caryatid Ceremonial Ritual Drum Pinge Senufo Tribe Africa
Largre African Caryatid Ceremonial Ritual Drum Pinge Senufo Tribe Africa
Largre African Caryatid Ceremonial Ritual Drum Pinge Senufo Tribe Africa
Largre African Caryatid Ceremonial Ritual Drum Pinge Senufo Tribe Africa
Largre African Caryatid Ceremonial Ritual Drum Pinge Senufo Tribe Africa
Largre African Caryatid Ceremonial Ritual Drum Pinge Senufo Tribe Africa
Largre African Caryatid Ceremonial Ritual Drum Pinge Senufo Tribe Africa
Largre African Caryatid Ceremonial Ritual Drum Pinge Senufo Tribe Africa

Largre African Caryatid Ceremonial Ritual Drum Pinge Senufo Tribe Africa

$ 633.6

Availability: 100 in stock
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  • Condition: Showing the age and usage with wear, scratches, and old patina, some age cracks in the figure of the woman, one leg of the stool damaged.
  • Material: Wood
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Color: Black
  • Tribe: Senufo
  • Maker: one of a kind

    Description

    African Ceremonial Drum (Pinge) Senufo Tribe
    Caryatid African Ceremonial Drum (Pinge) Senufo Tribe
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    Description
    African ceremonial ritual wooden drum (Pinge), Senufo people, Korhogo region. Circa 1900-1950.
    Entirely carved from one piece of wood, the sculpted figure depicting a bare breasted regal woman, seated on a stool, with upraised arms, an arched back, and a strong neck, gracefully supporting and balancing a drum on her head.
    The drum is carved in low relief with symbols representing various animals, including crocodiles. birds, gazelles and other animals. These symbols have special meaning to Senufo community members.
    The top with its original hide membrane retained with wood pegs.
    This particular drum may have been played by a woman during commemorative funerals for members of the influential all-female associations known as Sandogo and Tyekpa.
    CONDITION: Showing the age and usage with wear, scratches, and old patina, some age cracks in the figure of the woman, one leg of the stool damaged.
    DIMENSIONS: Height: 95 cm (37.4 inches). Diameter: 30 cm (11 3/4 inches).
    REFERENCES:
    A very similar drum is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
    Also, another related Senufo drum is in the Dallas Museum of Art, published in the book "The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art" by Roslyn Adele Walker.
    Page: 176. No 59.
    PROVENANCE: From an old Canadian collection of Tribal Art.
    Item number: T67
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