Senufo Sacrifice Mask, Ivory Coast JEWELRY Rolled arms

Rolled arms

Made in small batches using a family process rooted in tradition and passed down for generations

Available while supplies last

Buttons are made of Corozo (also known as vegetable ivory) and carved from the nut of a palm tree - a renewable resource

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Senufo Sacrifice Mask, Ivory Coast JEWELRY Rolled armsA dark crown of horns risen from a single block of wood, carried by generations of hands. The kind of object a room quietly organizes itself around. Look closely and the form resolves into a sacrifice mask from the Senufo tradition of the Ivory Coast. Curved horns and blades crowd upward from a domed head, each one hand carved, the whole surface deepened by a thick sacrificial patina of earth, offering, and time. Among the Senufo, masks like this