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.
Comparing literature
Ezra, Kate, Art of the Dogon, New York 1988, p. 104 f.