A SENUFO PENDANT

Ivory coast, West Africa

Ex collection Klaus Böttger, Wiesbaden

Bronze, 7 x 6 cm

This bronze Senufo pendant from the boarderlands of Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast would have been used around the turn of the century as a divining tool. Diviners existed much as doctors and councilors, using small sculptures to call upon the power of the natural world and to prescribe spiritual and medical advice.

Price on request.