#V234

AFRICA, COTE D'IVOIRE

Tribal Group: SENOUFO

Mask,wood, helmet style, surmounted by a single large bird, four individual smaller birds inserted in wings. Resembling a traditional staff that is used to give incentive and reward to boys who work in the fields.

Acquired from El Hadj in the Senoufo village of Korhogo.

ca 1940's.

US$1,000

Fort Myers , FL. 33908
239-482-7025
800-305-0185

Exhibited at Owensboro
Museum of Fine Art, 1995.


To return to the African art gallery