Ladle Senoufo Ivory Coast Wood H.: 33 cm. Ladle... Lot 16

Ladle Senoufo Ivory Coast Wood H.: 33 cm. Ladle formed by a round gourd pierced at the upper end. The handle is carved with a female figure represented on a circular stool. The narrow face projected forward echoes the conical breasts. The hands, described in two abstract oblique elements, frame the bulbous navel. This object was generally little used as a late replacement, before integrating the colonial circles as an object of knowledge or as a Consultant ornament : Jean-Pierre Lacoste