Senufo

Antiquities related to the Senufo peoples reflect artistic traditions associated with communities in West Africa. The objects illustrate how craftsmanship and symbolism were used to express spiritual ideas and cultural values.

Nursing Woman with Child (1800s-1900s CE)

Antiquities Africa Sculpture Senufo

A nursing woman bends toward her child, offering nourishment and protection. Yet beneath this seemingly simple motif lies a dense network of ideas about ancestry, knowledge, and what it means to become fully human within Senufo society in West Africa.