Senufo Deble Rhythm Pounder
Culture group: Senufo
Country: Ivory Coast
Object name: Figure
Object gender: female
Object posture: standing
Medium: Wood
Size: 82 cm
Price : sold
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Wooden female figure carved by the Senufo people of West Africa.
The Senufo of northern Côte d'Ivoire produce a rich variety of sculptures, mainly associated with the Lo society (known more widely as the Poro), to which all adult men belong and which maintains the continuity of religious and historical traditions, especially through the cult of the ancestors.
Wooden figure carved in the form of a woman by the Senufo people of West Africa and used as a “rhythm pounder” in certain rituals performed to promote the fertility of the soil. Initiates of the Poro (or Lo) male secret society, performing their fertility dance, held the figures by the upper arms
The Poro (or Lo) male secret society held the figures by the upper arms and pounded them on the ground to keep the rhythm as they performed the fertility dance. The figures were also placed in the fields during digging contests.
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Bibliography:
 | deble. [text]. Retrieved May 3, 2007, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: britannica.com | ||
| Art of the Senufo: Museum Rietberg Zuerich, from Swiss collections (Unknown Binding) | ||
| Senufo
Sculpture from West Africa Author: Robert Goldwater | ||
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