Figural fragment · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3038048
sold
EUR 1,150
Provenance
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, USA (1970’s)Size
H: 21,5 cm
H: 8.5 inch
Description
wood, partly encrusted blackish brown patina, overlong neck with prominent Adam’s apple, block-like extremely bent legs, collection number handwritten in black on red ground backside at the lower legs “L.73./5…”, sacrificial patina, slightly dam., rep. (face with vertical break), metal plate
The object Figural fragment with the object ID 3038048 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 271 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,150.
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Comparing literature
Ezra, Kate, Art of the Dogon, New York 1988, p. 59