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€ 1.200 - 1.600
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€ 1.599
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Wood with a black coating
H 15 cm
Pulley for weaving.
It represents a rhinoceros hornbill (Calao in the Senufo language), a typeof bird the same size as a turkey with a thickhorn on its head. It is an animal frequently mentioned in Senufomythology and it is often sculpted on their ritual masks.
H 15 cm
Pulley for weaving.
It represents a rhinoceros hornbill (Calao in the Senufo language), a typeof bird the same size as a turkey with a thickhorn on its head. It is an animal frequently mentioned in Senufomythology and it is often sculpted on their ritual masks.
Provenance
- Former private collection (Lugano);