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 A Senufo ring, Nokariga, Northern Ivory Coast, in shape of a buffalo, used during the initiation of young men into the society; oxidised brass patina, signs of age and ritual use, incl. stand. Lit.: Till Förster: Die Kunst der Senufo, Museum Rietberg Zürich, aus Schweizer Sammlung, Zürich 1988, p. 102; Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi: Senufo unbound. Dynamics of art and identity in West Africa, Cleveland 2015, p. 207; Till Förster: Glänzend wie Gold: Gelbguss bei d. Senufo, Elfenbeinküste, Berlin 1987, p. 201-203.
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