Senufo Diviners Bracelet 1607 - For African Art Gallery

Senufo Diviners Bracelet 1607 - For African Art Gallery

The Senufo diviners used bracelets as part of their collection of items that were used during divination rituals.

The Senufo are spread across the Ivory Coast, Mali and Burkina Faso and number about one and a half million in total, sustaining a living off of farming and occasional hunting.  They live in villages that are governed by a council of elders, who in turn are led by a chief that was elected from them.  The tribal structure if controlled through the rituals of the Poro society who initiate and control the men from as young a seven yours of age and on.