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Figure: Bird (Porpianong)
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- Bochet, Gilbert. “The Poro of the Senufo.” In Art of Côte d’Ivoire, Jean Paul Barbier, ed. Geneva, 1993. [O5F A78]
- Vol. 1, pp. 54-85.
- Breunig, Robert G. Animal, Bird and Myth in African Art. Phoenix, 1985. [O2 P57a]
- p. vii.
- Förster, Till. Die Kunst der Senufo, Museum Rietberg Zürich. Zürich, 1988. [O2 Z965kun]
- "Exkurs: Helmmasken ausserhalb des Poro," pp. 56-59; and pp. 74-75 on hornbill sculptures.
- Glaze, Anita. “Hornbill (Gahariga),” In For Spirits and Kings: African Art from the Paul and Ruth Tishman Collection, Susan Vogel, ed. New York, 1981. [O2 N545f REF]
- Pp. 36-7.
- Goldwater, Robert. Senufo Sculpture from West Africa. New York, 1963. [O2 N55 no.7 REF]
- Pp. 28, 96-101.
- McCall Daniel F. “The Hornbill and analogous forms in West African sculpture,” In African images: essays in African iconology, Daniel F. McCall, Edna G. Bay. eds. New York, 1967. [O3 A267]
- Pp. 268-324.
- Preston, George Nelson. Africa Art Masterpieces. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1991. [O3 P93]
- Pp. 108-9.
- Roberts, Allen F. “Out on the Edge [selection],” In Animals in African Art: from the familiar to the marvelous. New York, 1995. [O3 R643]
- Pp. 67-70.
- Roy, Christopher D. African Sculpture: The Stanley Collection. Iowa City, 1979. [O2 I65]
- Pp. 44-5.
- Soderburg, B. “Porpianong, die Vogelskulpturen der Senufo,” Ethnos, Vol. 35 (1970), pp. 108-9. [A E845 v.35]
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