A large female Senufo Rhythmpounder - called Déblé - of Northern Ivory Coast, region of M'Begué, rising from a cylindrical base, the columnar legs rise from the base without feet, a slender body, with a slightly protruding belly, the shoulders rounded, elongated arms that frame the torso in open work, the neck cylindrical with an elongated head, a pointed, circular mouth beneath a slender nose framed by oval eyes; fine brownish patina with a shiny touch patina on arms and on the neck, which signifies a longlasting ritual use, provenance Mohamed Belo Garba, Korhogo, Ivory Coast.

Gottschalk Burkhard, "Senufo, Massa und die Statuen des poro", Glaze Anita J. , "Art and Death in a Senufo Village", Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1981, Goldwater Robert, "Senufo Sculpture from West Africa" - The Museum of Primitive Art New York, 1964

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Height: 137 cm
Weight: 5.6 kg