Anthropomorphic figure · Mali, Djenne · ID: 3045149
sold
EUR 2,800
Provenance
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany (1974)Size
B: 11 cm
H: 8 cm
B: 4.3 inch
H: 3.1 inch
Description
terracotta,
The old town of “Jenne-jeno” was founded at around 800. In the region of this city terracotta statues had been found since 1943, which were called “Djenne” after their main archaeological site.
There is speculation about the creators of these figures and it is believed that they were peoples of the old Ghana kingdom, who immigrated to the area of the Niger Delta.
Comparing literature
de Grunne, Bernard, Djenne-Jeno, Brussels 2014, ill. 193/ 194