Description
Senufo Harp Ivory Coast Wood, metal, cord L. 100 cm Provenance: - Maria & Paul Wyss, Basel, Switzerland - Ernst Winizki, Zürich, Switzerland - Private collection, Paris, France Publications: - Förster T., Homberger L., Die Kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen, Zürich, Museum Rietberg, 1988, p.77, fig. 59 - Gagliardi S. E., Senufo Unbound / Senufo sans frontières, 5 Continents, 2014/2015, p. 204 Exhibitions : - Zürich, Die kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen, Museum Rietberg, 28 May - 2 October 1988 - USA, Senufo Unbound / Senufo sans frontières: Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 22 February - 31 May 2015 Saint Louis, Saint Louis Museum, 28 June - 27 September 2015 Montpellier, Musée Fabre, 28 November 2015 - 6 March 2016 Important Senufo harp whose sounding board is made of a hemispherical calabash. A long wooden neck is attached to it allowing strings to be stretched from its end to an anthropomorphic bridge fixed to the center of the case. This type of instrument, particularly rare, was used by diviners.
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Senufo Harp Ivory Coast Wood, metal, cord L. 100 cm Provenance: - Maria & Paul Wyss, Basel, Switzerland - Ernst Winizki, Zürich, Switzerland - Private collection, Paris, France Publications: - Förster T., Homberger L., Die Kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen, Zürich, Museum Rietberg, 1988, p.77, fig. 59 - Gagliardi S. E., Senufo Unbound / Senufo sans frontières, 5 Continents, 2014/2015, p. 204 Exhibitions : - Zürich, Die kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen, Museum Rietberg, 28 May - 2 October 1988 - USA, Senufo Unbound / Senufo sans frontières: Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 22 February - 31 May 2015 Saint Louis, Saint Louis Museum, 28 June - 27 September 2015 Montpellier, Musée Fabre, 28 November 2015 - 6 March 2016 Important Senufo harp whose sounding board is made of a hemispherical calabash. A long wooden neck is attached to it allowing strings to be stretched from its end to an anthropomorphic bridge fixed to the center of the case. This type of instrument, particularly rare, was used by diviners.
