Senufo silence ring, Nyi-kar-yi ring (so-called "rings of silence"), Northern Ivory Coast, in shape of a buffalo, insignia of healers and used during the initiation of young men into lo society; oxidised brass patina, signs of age and ritual use.
Till Förster, Die Kunst der Senufo, 1988, p. 102, page 92.
- Subject Matter: African Art
- Collections: African Bronze Jewellery