SENUFO STYLE ARKS ARCHIVES, Ivory Coast

Horse-headed containers, embellished with carved sun lizards and hornbills, functioned for storage as well as for ritual story-telling.

Despite their appearance, these arks show little evidence of age or use and were probably made to be sold.

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