Segen Bird with Two Baby Birds on Wings

African Art - Dave DeRoche

Wood carving with pigment. When young Senufo men take part in an agricultural competition as part of their initiation into the important Poro Society, a Segen bird sculpture on a long rod observes them and controls them. The bird species is Calad or hornbill, the sacred bird of the Senufo.

$2,400.00

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