These 'rhythm pounders' were performed to promote fertility by the males of the Poro secret society. The initiated would hold the figures by their arms and pound their heavy bases on the ground in unison to invoke fertility. Cote d'Ivoire, 130 cm high, wood (VJ) Provenance: Julius carlebach, New York; The May Co., Celveland, OH, 1964; Private collector, New York, Bonham's, May 12th 2012, lot 284.
These 'rhythm pounders' were performed to promote fertility by the males of the Poro secret society. The initiated would hold the figures by their arms and pound their heavy bases on the ground in unison to invoke fertility. Cote d'Ivoire, 130 cm high, wood (VJ) Provenance: Julius carlebach, New York; The May Co., Celveland, OH, 1964; Private collector, New York, Bonham's, May 12th 2012, lot 284.
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