Waiting Man Mask
WAITING MAN
SENUFO
COTE D’IVOIRE
For lack of any other, we have named the little male figure (10 cms high) ‘Waiting Man". Small figures like this were not uncommon from the Senufo. The work of their carvers had a figurative quality hardly known in any other African traditional sculptural art. Figures of various sizes were produced for Poro ceremonies (the dominating cultural influence), fertility festivals and ancestor worship. This is probably such a piece. Despite its small size, ‘Waiting Man’ has a wonderful stylistic purity.
From: www.africangold.co.za
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