Standing male figure · Côte d'Ivoire, Sénoufo · ID: 3037266
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Description
wood, dark brown patina, rising from the base without feet, massive chest with rectangular ornament, accentuated gender, min. dam., cracks, traces of abrasion, base;
the standing figures of the Senufo are ancestral representations, although once they are out of their ceremonial context there is no way of deciding clearly of weather they represent “mythical” or “real” ancestors.