text: [{"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "Wanyira Zie\u0301 Coulibaly died 1951 in Somon. He carved this 17,5 cm small male Tugubele around 1930. His style seems pure, but this simplicity carries expressive power."}, {"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "These small Tugubele statues usually were made for a private person, who kept them in private altars or shrines. Sometimes they are also named Nyingife, depending on the purpose of making, when they are made on their own and not as Tugubele couple."}, {"text_idx": "#000006", "text": "For a carver, this type of small statues are everyday work for an every day use. In the collector's scene they are not very much appreciated, because they are not spectacluar because of size or\nstyle. But in ritual practice these small figures have an enormous power."}]