GothamGallery Fine African Art Senufo Zoomorphic Stool Start Price USD 2,900.00 Current Price USD 2,900.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, September 24, 2008 End Time Friday, October 24, 2008 Location NYC See more about 'GothamGallery Fine African Art Senufo Zoomorphic Stool' Description Gotham Gallery Offering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Exceptional African Mali / Ivory Coast Senufo Stool MEASUREMENT: HEIGHT: 13.75 WIDTH: 12.5 DEPTH: 37 INCHES MEASUREMENT: HEIGHT: 35 WIDTH: 32 DEPTH: 94 CENTIMETERS MEASUREMENT STOOL ONLYMATERIAL: WOODESTIMATED AGE: EARLY 20TH CENTURY CONDITION: VERY GOOD REMARKS: BEAUTIFUL UTILITARIAN OBJECT WITH ZOOMORPHIC ATTRIBUTE AGED SURFACE SHIPPING: US EAST COAST $55.00 EXACT RATE USE SHIPPING CALCULATOR INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME THE SHIPPING WEIGHT IS 45 LBS CONDITION Minor chips and scrapes, numerous age cracks, worn areas, repair one leg, overall condition very good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND Scattered across the Ivory Coast, Mali and Burkina Faso, the million and a half Senufo tribes-people live principally off the fruits of agriculture and occasionally hunting. They inhabit villages governed by a council of elders, who in turn are led by a chief elected from their number. Tribal cohesion is reinforced through the rituals of the Poro society who initiate and educate the men from the age of seven onwards. Senufo theology is based on Koulotiolo, a powerful god, and Katieleo, a goddess mother, who through the rituals of the Poro society, regenerates the world. The Senufo were among the first tribal artists to be admired by the Western world. Their artistic output has been prolific - statues and masks characterized by realistic features or highly geometric shapes which emphasize rhythm and the opposition between void and full spaces. A vast array of Senufo everyday objects are adorned with figures - heddle pulleys, ointment boxes, doors and pieces of furniture, such as stools, chairs and beds. The most productive farmers are rewarded with decorated canes bearing small human figures or birds. Senufo metalworkers produced refined jewelry and ornaments, usually in copper, such as finger rings and foot rings adorned with bovine heads or chameleons, symbolizing their genesis, and small figurative masks and amulets with apostrophic purposes. Painter Fred Uhlman words - Most of the artists I admired, Picasso, Modigliani, Deraini, to mention only a few, had collected African art and had been profoundly influenced by it. Shortly afterwards I bought the Baule Fetish and the Baule bobbin which are still two of the finest pieces in my collection. It is easy to see why I bought them and why from that moment I have never stopped collecting. The head of the bobbin or heddle - pulley which is after all only a functional object for the purpose of weaving seemed to me then and today as beautiful as a Greek goddess. The fetish moved me as deeply as the bobbin by its silent tragic dignity and its air of profound meditation. GUARANTEEAUTHENTICITY AND CONDITION OF ITEMS ARE GUARANTEE TO THEIR DESCRIPTION. IF THE ITEM IS FOUND TO BE NOT AS DESCRIBED OR PICTURED, FULL REIMBURSEMENT OF THE WINNING BID AMOUNT AND SHIPPING CHARGE WILL BE GIVEN.QUESTIONS PLEASE EMAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, OR MORE DETAIL PICTURES. EMAIL:GOTHAMGALLERY@AOL.COMSHIPPINGSHIPPING COST INCLUDES INSURANCE, US POSTAL PRIORITY MAIL UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING COST PLEASE INQUIRE.PAYMENTPAYMENT ACCEPTED, PAYPAL, CERTIFIED CHECK, PERSONAL CHECK 5 TO 7 DAYS TO CLEAR. OTHER FORMS OF PAYMENT PLEASE INQUIRE FIRST. Please click and check store items GothamGallery Fine African Art 　 Place a Bid!