Equestrian · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3035968
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Provenance
John and Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USAJames Stephenson, New York, USA
Size
H: 19 cm
H: 7.5 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Laude, Jean, African Art of the Dogon, New York 1973, ill. 47