{"id":690,"date":"2019-05-13T17:35:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T17:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/africana-studies-2251-spring-2019\/?p=690"},"modified":"2019-05-13T19:27:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T19:27:21","slug":"figurine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/africana-studies-2251-spring-2019\/health\/figurine\/","title":{"rendered":"Figurine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 271px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/DTKH15I.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"356\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figurine, The Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Figurine<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Artist unknown<\/p>\n<p>19th-20th c.<\/p>\n<p>4.1 x 2.2 x 0.6 cm<\/p>\n<p>C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire<\/p>\n<p>Copper Alloy<\/p>\n<p>The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979<\/p>\n<p>1979.206.41<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW49002394 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49002394 BCX0\">This figurine native to Senufo culture encapsulates healing and divinity and is an object for spiritual protection and health. Included in the MET, this anthropomorphic object crafted with copper alloy promoted healing for people suffering from illness through its perceived power that shields people from evil spirits. Additionally, the size of the figurine allowed for it to be distributed throughout the community, reinforcing its protection over the Senufo people. Spiritual health is often a taboo subject because of the stigma associated with it, calling into question the object\u2019s legitimacy as a trusted source of healing. However, it is as important as physical and mental health, because of its ability to strengthen connections within communities.\u00a0 While the reliance on divine entities through objects decreased from emerging scientific medicine, this figurine serves as a reminder of the power of belief that allowed objects of this nature to thrive for so long.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW49002394 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tyrese Duncan-Moore &#8217;22<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Bibliography<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Charmes, Jacques. 2005. Profit-based activity, time-usage constraints, and participation of women: Conflicting dynamics.\u00a0<i>Sciences\u00a0Sociales\u00a0Et Sante<\/i>\u00a023 (4): 71-7.<\/p>\n<p>This article\u00a0investigates\u00a0the reasoning why Senufo women may choose traditional medicine over professional medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Richards, Paul, David W. Phillipson, Jan\u00a0Vansina, John Middleton, Jeremy Coote, S. J.\u00a0Vernoit, Philip L. Ravenhill, Henry John\u00a0Drewal, Judith\u00a0Perani, Norma H. Wolff, John\u00a0Picton, Victoria L.\u00a0Rovine,\u00a0Monni\u00a0Adams, Marion Johnson, Daniel J. Crowley, Mary Jo Arnoldi,\u00a0Christraud\u00a0M. Geary, Frederick Lamp, Suzanne Preston Blier, Jean M. Borgatti, Herbert M. Cole, Donald J.\u00a0Cosentino, Natalie Tobert, Marla C. Berns, Robert T.\u00a0Soppelsa, Eugenia Herbert, Fred T. Smith, William J. Dewey, Kathy Curnow, John Mack, Margret Carey, Carolee G. Kennedy, Barbara E. Frank, Christine Mullen Kreamer, T. J. H. Chappel, Paul Oliver, Louis\u00a0Perrois, Susan Vogel, Doran H. Ross, Erin Haney, David A. Binkley, Simon\u00a0Ottenberg, Cornelius\u00a0Adepegba, Joanne Bubolz Eicher, Nancy Ingram Nooter, Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se\u00a0Brincard, Diane M.\u00a0Pelrine, Josette\u00a0Rivallain, Pierre de Maret, J. D. Lewis-Williams, Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom, David Appleyard, Patrick R. McNaughton, Leon\u00a0Siroto, A. P. Bourgeois, Anitra Nettleton, Chika Okeke-Agulu, Theodore\u00a0Celenko, Adam Jones, Kathleen Bickford\u00a0Berzock, Amy Powell, and Janet L. Stanley. 2014 &#8220;Africa.&#8221;\u00a0<i>Grove Art Online.<\/i>\u00a025 Apr. 2019.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordartonline.com\/groveart\/view\/10.1093\/gao\/9781884446054.001.0001\/oao-9781884446054-e-7000000675\">http:\/\/www.oxfordartonline.com\/groveart\/view\/10.1093\/gao\/9781884446054.001.0001\/oao-9781884446054-e-7000000675<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A very comprehensive text of art traditions within different countries in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Insoll, Timothy. 2011. Introduction. shrines, substances and medicine in\u00a0sub-saharan\u00a0africa: Archaeological, anthropological, and historical perspectives.\u00a0<i>Anthropology &amp; Medicine<\/i>\u00a018 (2): 145-66.<\/p>\n<p>A look on the links between spiritual shrines and spiritual practices through an anthropological lens.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Figurine Artist unknown 19th-20th c. 4.1 x 2.2 x 0.6 cm C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire Copper Alloy The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. 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