Mythical animal (dog)
Mali, Dogon
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Galerie Jahn, Munich, GermanyBruno Heimberg (1933-2023), Munich, Germany
Size
L: 11 cm
H: 3,5 cm
L: 4.3 inch
H: 1.4 inch
Description
wood,
The iconography of the dog is linked with the historic Dogon migration. Jean Laude (1973, ill. 54) reports about a legend, according to which the wet paws of a dog led the Dogon to vital water points at the Bandiagara cliff.