Carved by Nyaamadyo Koné (active early/mid-20th century)
Senufo
Côte d'Ivoire
Northern Africa and the Sahel
Door (Korugo)
INV-1202
Carved by Nyaamadyo Koné (active early/mid-20th century)
Senufo
Côte d'Ivoire
Northern Africa and the SahelEarly to mid 20th century
Door (Korugo)
Carved by Nyaamadyo Koné (active early/mid-20th century) Senufo Côte d'Ivoire Northern Africa and the Sahel →senufoArts of Africaafrican ArtNorthern Africa and the Sahelarchitectural fragmentwood
Date
Early to mid 20th century
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
136.5 × 64.7 × 3.8 cm (53 3/4 × 25 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Anita Glaze, Marshall Field, and Robert J. Hall; through prior gifts and acquisitions of various donors
Nyaamadyo Koné worked in the vicinity of the influential regional woodcarving center of Kolia, and was among very few Senufo artists of the 20th century to achieve fame for making doors with bas-relief decorations of this size and complexity. Carved on commission, this door adorned a small building that served as a shrine and consultation room for a ritual specialist. Its images of animals and face masks evoke sources of natural and supernatural power.
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