Kneeling female figure ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3037932

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, supporting a bellied pot on her head, characteristic features: narrow angular shoulders, overlong arms, both hands resting on the thighs in front of the lap, provided with breasts, but with a beard as well (hermaphrodite), c-shaped ears situated far behind, facial features barely recognizable, the whole figure spread by a thick crust of sacrificial materials, dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (pot, back of the head, neck, base), age splits (right forearm), custom moun

The object Kneeling female figure with the object ID 3037932 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 138 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,500.

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Comparing literature

Ezra, Kate, Art of the Dogon, New York 1988, p. 46