Equestrian · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3035968
James Stephenson, New York, USA
Description
light brown wood, partly encrusted with dark patina, proportionally large-figured equestrian on a small, extremely stylized horse, dam., missing parts (legs, right arm, left half of the head), fine cracks, traces of weathering, base;
Dogon equestrian figures are most often identified as images of the “hogon”, since in Dogon society horses are a luxury generally reserved for rich and powerful people. Horses occur in Dogon beliefs about the creation of the world.
The object Equestrian with the object ID 3035968 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 245.
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Comparing literature
Laude, Jean, African Art of the Dogon, New York 1973, ill. 47