Prosperity Bird On Turtle Base Senufo Of Ivory Coast

$500 · Offered by Second Story Books

Ivory Coast. A carved and painted wooden Senufo bird figure, commonly known as a prosperity bird. The sculpture is modeled with an elongated, downward-curving beak, long, slender legs, an upright body, and large, vertical wings decorated with white-painted spots and incised linear details. The figure stands on a carved turtle-form base with geometric incised decoration.In Senufo tradition, bird figures are associated with fertility, protection, prosperity,

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