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Ivory Coast -Ethnie Senoufo - Maternity

Ivory Coast
Senufo
Second half of the 20th century

Maternity, of the Sénoufo ethnic group, from the north of Côte d'Ivoire.
The statue represents a woman seated on a Senoufo stool, finely carved. She is surrounded by seven children.
Children are actually humans, and the mother (a powerful Poro spirit) protects them.


Dimensions: 61 x 23 x 23 cm
Weight approx. 3.89 kg without packaging
Materials: Good density wood.

Dimensions :
- Height : 61 cm
- Width : 23 cm
- Depth : 23 cm
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Senufo : people is settled in Burkina Faso, Mali and Ivory Cost. They live from agriculture. Their art consists in masks ans sculptures. The Calao mythical bird is very important in seufo's iconography.

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