Handle of a stately fly whisk, Baule ethnic group (Ivory Coast/Africa), famous for their carving art, around 1900 (the beautiful patina shows its age), size 37 cm. The
Sculpture is a cult and status symbol. It was owned by a notable and was only taken to public appearances. The
Depiction of a bird of prey on a turtle comes from mythology and can only be read by the initiated. In the lower one
The face of an ancestor is on both sides of the area. According to Miller's Africa Gallery description, the piece comes from a notable American collection. According to Dr. h.c. Honegger has a comparable piece in a private collection in Zurich, see his publication ("Sekretär", 2011). Accordingly, it served as the identification mark of a royal advisor.
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| Category: Kultgegenstände
| Material: Holz
| Country of origin:
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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Similar pieces
You will see on the stylized turtle shell the exhibits arranged according to their similarity. Click on the turtle shell and explore the exhibition!
The pattern of a turtle resembles a mathematical Voronoi diagram. We use a Voronoi diagram here, which displays exhibits on a surface partitioned according to the similarity of the pieces. The similarities of the pieces are calculated by an artificial intelligence algorithm.
Das oben links dargestellte Objekt (farbig umrandet) ist das Referenzobjekt zu dem die ähnlichen Objekte dargestellt werden. Ein neues Referenzobjekt kann aus den angezeigten ähnlichen Stücken per Klick bestimmt werden. So kann man sich entlang von Ähnlichkeiten durch die Ausstellung bewegen.