Senufo carved wooden Ancient Mother figure, height 17.5cm The Senufo of northern Ivory Coast , Africa , produce a rich variety of sculptures, mainly associated with Poro, a society guided by a female ancestral spirit known as the Ancient Mother. All adult Senufo men belong to Poro, and the society maintains the continuity of religious and historical traditions. During initiation, young men are instructed through the use of sculptural figures. Some with massive bases are carried in procession by initiates, who swing them from side to side and strike the earth to call ancestral spirits to join the rites. Statues of the Ancient Mother, the spiritual mother of the initiates and the community, are kept in a sacred grove. There are a couple of splits in this piece as seen in the images - but what you can't do in an image is feel the object- This piece has lovely lovely patina.
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