Minneapolis Institute of Art
Seated Figure
Senufo artist
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Wood
- Culture
- Senufo
- Department
- Arts of Global Africa
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
In traditional Senufo culture the principal women's social and religious secret association is Tyekpa, which primarily acts as a funerary society for honoring the dead. This sculpture of an idealized Senufo woman is known as pombibele and is carried on the head of a senior female initiate during funeral dances held for a recently deceased member of the Tyekpa society. Côte d'Ivoire, Africa
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