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Statuette, Turka ou Sénufo, Mali
Description
- Statuette, Turka ou Sénufo
- haut. 25,5 cm
- 10 in
Provenance
Alfred L. Scheinberg, New York, fin des années 1970
Condition
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Catalogue Note
La très belle rigueur de la construction, jouant à la fois sur les résonances entre formes vides et pleines et sur les plans obliques, de même que le long visage s'étirant vers la poitrine, apparentent cette œuvre à la statuaire des Turka, peuple situé à la frontière du Mali et du Burkina Faso. En revanche, sa coiffe en calotte sagittale et les scarifications rayonnantes autour du nombril permettent de l'identifier comme Sénufo, et ainsi de l'attribuer à un atelier septentrional.
Cette statuette madeö était utilisée par un devin de l'association féminine du Sandogo et considérée comme le support des relations entre les individus et les esprits (Glaze, 1981 : 54-60).
A TURKA OR SENUFO FIGURE, MALI
The admirable rigour of the construction, playing on the resonance between empty and solid forms, and on oblique planes, as well as the long face stretched towards the chest, make this work similar to the statues of the Turka, a people living at the border between Mali and Burkina Faso. On the other hand, the skullcap and scarification pattern radiating round the belly button are Senufo attributes. We can place the figure in a workshop in the northern Senufo area.
This madeö statuette was used by a soothsayer from the women's association of the Sandogo, and considered to be a medium for relations between individuals and spirits (Glaze, 1981: 54-60).