Iron necklace "amma talu" or "nommo koro" with stone bead · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3035856
sold
EUR 200
Provenance
Günter Zink, Speyer, GermanyHeinz Kolerski, Fellbach near Stuttgart, Germany
Size
L: 59 cm
B: 11 cm (stone bead)
L: 23.2 inch
B: 4.3 inch (stone bead)
Description
longish links, greyish black cylindrical stone bead, regular formed and drilled in whole length, traces of corrosion (chain links);
pendants of polished stones were called “dugo”. They were looked upon as “signs of alliance” between the wearer and a spiritual power.
The object Iron necklace “amma talu” or “nommo koro” with stone bead with the object ID 3035856 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 59 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.
Here you will find more objects and interesting facts about African art.
Comparing literature
Ezra, Kate, Art of the Dogon, New York 1988, p. 104 f.