Senufo Bronze Divination Ring with Creature, Ivory Coast

Description

A fantastic creature surmounts this old Senufo bronze diviner’s ring.
After consultation with the diviner, the client receives medicinal herbs or is given instructions to perform a particular offering. Diviners may also prescribe rings, pendants, bracelets, or anklets featuring chameleons or other animals considered intermediaries between the human and spirit realms.
Superb patina with incrustations, lost wax, early 20th century – Collected in Ivory Coast.

Inner diameter: 24 mm (1 inch)
Weight: 48,2 grams
Ring size: 15 1/4