Carved wood, pigment. Cm. 10,0 high x cm. 5,5 width (3.94" x 2.17"); grams 31,7 (1.12 oz.). These ancestor figures are preserved and revered inside the private home. The Senufo people are an ethnolinguistic group of West Africa. They consist of several subgroups that live in a region that crosses the northern...
Heavy hardwood cm. 37,0 high x cm. 19,0 width (14.56" x 7.48"). gr. 741,7 (26.16 oz.). Kpelie masks are usually oval in shape with arched crescent shaped eyebrows over narrow slit eyes. The small mouth opens below a slender nose. Scarification marks add to presentation of what is considered beautiful to the...
Mid 20th. Bronze gr. 306,4 (10.81 oz.); cm. 7,3 high, cm. 8,5 width (2.87" x 3.35"). Among the Senufo of Mali and Côte d’Ivoire, copper alloy figures and bracelets are associated with the Sando (or Sandogo) divination society and are linked to the powers of bush spirits. The bracelets, called Fò,...
Mid 20th century. Bronze cm. 30,0 high x cm. 12,7 width (11.81" x 5.00"). gr. 642,3 (22.66 oz.). Kpelie masks are usually oval in shape with arched crescent shaped eyebrows over narrow slit eyes. The small mouth opens below a slender nose. Scarification marks add to presentation of what is considered beautiful to the...
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The most terrifying fairy tales take place in the forest. If you are a Senufo child from Korhogo, in the north of the Ivory Coast, the forest is the dark, dangerous place full of mystery, where one day you will be pushed by force by masked beings. For a month,...
Wood. Cm. 96 width x cm. 20 high x cm. 19 depth. Kg. 8,0. "Zoomorphic helmet masks like the one seen here are worn by members of the all-male Senufo association known as Poro, during funerals of important elders and other ceremonies. These prestigious and powerful masks are visual statements that...
Each bead is handmade. Terracotta beads (diameter from cm 2,0 to cm 2,5 - very resistant) and glass beads. The necklace is cm. 24,5 in lenght (9.65"); grams 151,7 (5.35 oz.). The Senufo people are an ethnolinguistic group of West Africa. They consist of several subgroups that live in a region that crosses...
Each bead is handmade. Terracotta beads (diameter from cm 1,9 to cm 3,0 - very resistant). The necklace is cm. 35,0 in lenght (13.78"); grams 309,5 (10.92 oz.). The Senufo people are an ethnolinguistic group of West Africa. They consist of several subgroups that live in a region that crosses the northern Ivory...
Carved wood. 1970'. Cm. 12,8 high x cm. 3,5 width (5.04" x 1.38"); grams 46,8 (1.65 oz.). Whistles are used by Senufo to find one another during the hunt. The Senufo people are an ethnolinguistic group of West Africa. They consist of several subgroups that live in a region that crosses the...
