Figure "nommo" · Mali, Tellem · ID: 3035387
J. Lentini, Spain
David Serra, Barcelona, Spain
Description
wood, entirely coated with thick incrustations of sacrificial matters, bearded face with breasts and prominent navel, the slender body in its whole length flanked by thin arms, which are broken on both sides, the figure slightly curved (when looking at it in profile), slightly dam. (breast, beard), cracks (base), missing parts (arms, headcrest), socle
The object Figure “nommo” with the object ID 3035387 was part of the auction 74th tribal art auction on September 7, 2013. The object with the lot number 126 achieved a sales price of EUR 14,000 with an asking price of EUR 12,000.
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Comparing literature
Ezra, Kate, Art of the Dogon, New York 1988, p. 56 ff. Leloup, Hélène, Dogon, Paris 2011, p. 228, ill. 19
Publications
Historia del Arte Universal ( Ars Magna). Tomo II: El Esplendor del Ritual, El arte en América precolombina, África y Oceanía, 2006, Barcelona : Ed. Planeta, p. 196; David Serra, Rites, Expo. Cat.: "Dances and Parures", Parcour des mondes, 11-16 september 2012, p. 9