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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 4372845, member: 8267&quot;]Your figure is carved in the style of a Senufo (Ivory Coast/Mali/Burkina Faso) figure used in ceremonies of the Poro Society. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]365791[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312398" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312398" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312398</a></p><p>with more information here: <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/poro/hd_poro.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/poro/hd_poro.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/poro/hd_poro.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It is not always easy to tell if African carvings have been made for use in their original culture, or made for sale in traditional styles. But yours appears to have some age. Komokwa is correct to say that the number on the bottom looks like a museum catalog number, but it might also have been used by a serious collector for their own records.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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