Rare board-shaped headdress "kworo" or "kwonro" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3052103
Sold
EUR 1,600
Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1964)Size
H: 80 cm
H: 31.5 inch
Description
wood, wickerwork,
This headdress was worn during the “kworo” / “kwonro” phase in the initiation rite of the “poro” society among the Nafana (Nafara), in the centre of the Senufo.
In his publication on Senufo art, Förster reported that already by 1988 these dance crests were no longer being made and used for ritual purposes in their original form.
The object Rare board-shaped headdress “kworo” or “kwonro” with the object ID 3052103 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 275 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600.
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Comparing literature
Gagliardi, Susan, Senufo, New York 2015, ill. 121