Figural fragment ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3034351

Description

wood, black encrusted patina, sacrificial patina, helmet-shaped head with crested coiffure and a rectangular deepened facial plane, both hands held in front of the body, slightly dam., cracks (belly, beard), block-like socle;
because of the arrangement of arms and hands, as well as the posture as a whole, it can be assumed, that the figure originally was depicted as an equestrian. Such 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 Figural fragment with the object ID 3034351 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 210 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,200.

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