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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 1814968, member: 8267&quot;]Rhythm pounders, &quot;deble&quot;, were traditionally made and used by the Senufo people of West Africa (Cote d&#039;Ivoire, Mali and Burkina Faso). They were used during ceremonies of the Poro Society - intitiations and funerals. Held by the arms, they were beaten on the ground to mark the rhythm of a procession or dance.</p><p>Yours is much taller than a traditional figure made for use - typically 40-50 inches tall. The style of carving is also not typical. I suspect it was made for sale to tourists, though based on the rhythm pounder idea.</p><p><img src="https://d1lfxha3ugu3d4.cloudfront.net/images/opencollection/objects/size2/74.214_view2_SL4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4838" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4838" rel="nofollow">https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4838</a></p><p><img src="http://deliver.odai.yale.edu/content/id/afcd3ddc-77a2-43c3-8ad4-83a1e3d35bc7/format/2" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/84261" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/84261" rel="nofollow">https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/84261</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.randafricanart.com/Senufo_rhythm_pounder.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.randafricanart.com/Senufo_rhythm_pounder.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.randafricanart.com/Senufo_rhythm_pounder.html</a></p><p><a href="https://collections.mfa.org/objects/4805" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.mfa.org/objects/4805" rel="nofollow">https://collections.mfa.org/objects/4805</a></p><p><a href="https://africa.si.edu/collections/view/objects/asitem/People@1412/21/title-asc?t:state:flow=88cf5431-c1c9-420c-a113-28760ef7b085" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://africa.si.edu/collections/view/objects/asitem/People@1412/21/title-asc?t:state:flow=88cf5431-c1c9-420c-a113-28760ef7b085" rel="nofollow">https://africa.si.edu/collections/view/objects/asitem/People@1412/21/title-asc?t:state:flow=88cf5431-c1c9-420c-a113-28760ef7b085</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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