African art: Seated Female figure Senufo, Cote d'Ivoire - eBay, Wood, Sculptures, Art. (end time 17-Dec-09 13:44:43 AEDST)

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Original/Reproduction:	Original	Era:	1980s
Originating Region:	Africa	Condition:	--

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Seated figure of a woman, Senufo People, Cote d'Ivoire.

Beautiful female figure carved from hardwood and collected near Korhogo in North of Cote d'Ivoire in 1995.
It has a worn patina and is in good condition - One leg has been cut back but the figure still stands. There is a hollowed area running down the neck. See pictures. It measures 61 x 11 x 12cm. Shipping weight is 3 KG.

Small female statue, seated on a four-legged Senufo stool and bearing a bowl on her head, is a representation of a bush spirit. It would originally have had a male partner, depicted either free-standing or seated on a horse. Such a pair forms part of the essential equipment of the diviner or soothsayer (sandoo); the statuettes both represent and serve as the abode for the pair of bush spirits who are believed to be in communication with the diviner. The practice of divination is universal among the Senufo, and practitioners of the art are to be found in every village. They consult the spirit in order to help a client resolve problems and obtain better fortune. Most diviners are women, though the calling is also open to men. The statuettes are set out with other paraphernalia in the tiny consulting room, and the diviner plies them with a long stream of questions in the course of the seance.
The bush spirits, variously called mandeo, ndeo or tugu form the subject of a great quantity of Senufo sculpture. In addition to the diviner's personal statuettes mentioned above, it is common for a diviner to prescribe that the client himself obtain a pair of such statuettes to keep in his house. This is particularly the case where a client claims to have seen such a spirit in the bush, or in dreams, or where the diviner learns that a bush spirit is seeking to follow, befriend or trouble the client. The statuettes purchased by the client are in most cases a simple pair of matching, free-standing figures; the more elaborate figures, seated on horseback or bearing a pot on the head, are almost exclusively reserved for the diviner.

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