Senufo
Americannoun
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a member of a group of Indigenous people of Ivory Coast, Mali, and Burkina Faso, known for their music and art.
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any of several dialects spoken by the Senufo, belonging to the Gur branch of the Niger-Congo family.
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Masterpieces from the Senufo, Dan, Baoule and Guro peoples, as well as everyday objects, are now on show in the cities of Abidjan and Man.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
Adams underscores the importance of this contribution with two artworks in vitrines: a Senufo female fertility figure and a 1955 head of a man by the Black sculptor Elizabeth Catlett that is ominously titled “Target.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
“The Senufo figures are at a very prominent scale, which is very unique, and they’re highly polished like the bumpers of a car.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
Basquiat became increasingly reclusive, though he still created work for shows, and made plans, in early 1988, to revisit Ivory Coast to go to a Senufo village.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2017
More than 130 works from 30 West African tribes include Senufo and Dogon masks, antelope headpieces and Benin court jewelry.
From Time Magazine Archive
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