Figure of a hermaphrodite · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3044734

Name: Figure of a hermaphrodite
SKU: 3044734
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Jean-Michel Huguenin, Galerie Majestic, Paris, France (1980s)

Size

H: 25 cm

H: 9.8 inch

Description

wood, strongly encrusted patina, base

Many different substances are used for sacrifice, including the blood of chickens, sheep and goats, millet porridge, mixtures of various fruit and plant juices, flour made from the fruits and seeds of the baobab and “yullo” trees, and concoctions of burned herbs, charcoal, and shea oil or the oil of the “sa” tree.

These sacrificial materials served as vehicles for “nyama”, the vital force that determines a person’s mental and physical well-being.

The object Figure of a hermaphrodite with the object ID 3044734 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 110.

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