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20th C. Senufo Iron, Wood & Leather Ceremonial Staff

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20th C. Senufo Iron, Wood & Leather Ceremonial Staff

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Description

**Previously listed at 200**

Africa, Ivory Coast, Senufo people, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall staff used in Poro Society rituals, made of a thin blade of iron and capped with a wooden figure of a woman. Wrapped around the wooden handle are braided leather straps. The female figure has a large crest of hair and a carefully carved body with prominent breasts. Size: 1.25" W x 45.8" H (3.2 cm x 116.3 cm)

This type of staff is known as a champion-cultivator staff, given as a prize to the man in the society who is the best at agriculture. Skill at providing for one's clan and community is the ethos of the ideal male in Senufo culture. During the cultivating season, young men work in the fields to the rhythms of drums and xylophones, while staff bearers follow the competing champions on each team. Outside of that season, the staffs are held as sacred objects, their lineages of past champions carefully recorded. The woman on top of the staff represents an ideal wife for the champion.

Provenance: Adeon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA, acquired prior to 1970

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Condition

Small losses to the wooden figure, with nice patina over all surfaces. Object has been used.

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20th C. Senufo Iron, Wood & Leather Ceremonial Staff

Name: 20th C. Senufo Iron, Wood & Leather Ceremonial Staff
SKU: 54671950
Price: 350 USD
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