Ring with bovine head "nyi-kar-yi" or "nokariga" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3049743
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
Description
brass, base
According to Goldwater, these rings are called “rings of silence” - “nyi-kar-yi” and were used in connection with initiation ceremonies of young men into “lô” society (Goldwater, 1964, p. 26).
According to Förster, on the other hand, these rings were owned by members of a society of healers and were called “nokariga”, which means “to turn into an ox” (Förster, 1987, p. 201 ff.).
The object Ring with bovine head “nyi-kar-yi” or “nokariga” with the object ID 3049743 was last part of the auction Sale 100 at April 15, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 51 achieved a sales price of EUR 750.
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Comparing literature
Goldwater, Robert, Senufo Sculpture from West Africa, New York 1964, p. 26 f. Förster, Till, Glänzend wie Gold, Berlin 1987, p. 201 ff.