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Africa Senufo peoples, Côte d'Ivoire/Mali/Burkina Faso Female Figure Wood, incrustation H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm) Raymond and Laura Wielgus Collection Indiana University Art Museum, 98.569 This figure, whose legs were destroyed by fire, may have been part of a male/female pair used in a powerful Senufo women's divination society. Such figures are considered the physical representatives of the bush spirits believed to be the chief source of a diviner's power, as well as the source of both success and misfortune for Senufo individuals. |