Drawing_Riou_Burial_c1892

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Fourou, Mali [location associated with drawing] Édouard Riou “A burial among the Sièné-re,” probably Fourou, Mali, circa 1892 (Binger 1892: 223) Engraving after a drawing by Édouard Riou [Senufo Unbound, 70, Figure 22] [mapsmarker marker=”28″]    

Photograph_Noguès_Gwomba_1952-54

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Zéguédou, Mali [reported location of photograph] Renée Colin-Noguès “Gwomba, dance of agrarian cults, Zéguédougou [Zéguédou],” Mali, 1952-54 (Colin-Noguès 2006, 56) Photograph [Senufo Unbound, 272, Figure 71] [mapsmarker marker=”27″]

Door_NMAfA_2005-6-6

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vicinity of Boundiali, Côte d’Ivoire [location associated with attributed artist] Attributed by Anita J. Glaze to workshop of Yaagalo Koné (vicinity of Boundiali, Côte d’Ivoire) Door Wood H. 149.5 cm National Museum of African Art, Gift of Walt Disney World Co., a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, 2005-6-6 Reported provenance: Jean Verheyleweghen, Brussels, before […]

Photograph_Glaze_Gbon_Fodombele_Dikodougou_1970

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Dikodougou region, Côte d’Ivoire [reported location of photograph] Anita J. Glaze “Gbon helmet masquerade of the Fodombele (farmers) poro, during the final rites of the commemorative funeral,” Dikodougou region, Côte d’Ivoire, 1970 (Glaze 1986, 30-31, fig. 1) Photograph [Senufo Unbound, 181, Figure 45] [mapsmarker marker=”25″]

Photograph_Glaze_staff_Soro_Kufulo_1970

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Poundya, Côte d’Ivoire [location associated with attributed artist] Anita J. Glaze “Female ‘champion-cultivator’ staff carved by Zana Soro of Poundia [Poundya], presented during the hoeing contest … Kufulo subgroup, Kurufu dialect,” Côte d’Ivoire, 1970 (Lamp 2004, 68-69) Photograph [Senufo Unbound, 159, Figure 41] [mapsmarker marker=”24″]  

Photograph_Foerster_poro_initiates_Tyelikaha_1986

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Tyelikaha [Tiéliga], Côte d’Ivoire [reported location of photograph] Till Förster Poro initiates carry an elder’s corpse and tap sculptures on the ground to clear a path for the deceased, Tyelikaha [Tiéliga], Côte d’Ivoire, 1986 Photograph [Senufo Unbound, 135, Figure 38] [mapsmarker marker=”23″]

Photograph_Clamens_Convers_in_grove_Lataha_c1950

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Lataha, Côte d’Ivoire [reported location of photograph] Gabriel Clamens Michel Convers in a location he identifies as a poro grove at Lataha, Côte d’Ivoire, circa 1950 Photograph Archives of A. R. Arthur, Belgium [Senufo Unbound, 109, Figure 28] [mapsmarker marker=”21″]