Senufo Rhythm Pounder Guardian Sculpture, Ivory Coast #801 Lega Bwami Idimu Miniature Mask Rare Metoko / Lengola figure

Rare Metoko / Lengola figure

you didn't know there would be an attack on you"

Tribal Antique circa Early to Mid 20th Century

ward off disease

Senufo Rhythm Pounder Guardian Sculpture, Ivory Coast #801 Lega Bwami Idimu Miniature Mask Rare Metoko / Lengola figureSenufo Guardian sculpture, Ivory Coast This powerful, Senufo Guardian sculpture has an expressive shape. It comes from the region of Korhogo, Country Diamtn. Reddish tomocre patina, traces of intensive ritual use. Measurements: 36cm Provenance Mohamed Belo Garba The rhythm pounder (deble) from the Senufo people of the Ivory Coast was once a crucial prop in both commemorative ancestral rites and in initiations of adolescents to adult society; it was