Mythical animal (dog), Mali, Dogon, Size: L: 11 cm H: 3,5 cm (L: 4.3 inch H: 1.4 inch), ID: 3051022

Mythical animal (dog), Mali, Dogon, Size: L: 11 cm H: 3,5 cm (L: 4.3 inch H: 1.4 inch), ID: 3051022 - 2/7

Mythical animal (dog), Mali, Dogon, Size: L: 11 cm H: 3,5 cm (L: 4.3 inch H: 1.4 inch), ID: 3051022 - 3/7

Mythical animal (dog), Mali, Dogon, Size: L: 11 cm H: 3,5 cm (L: 4.3 inch H: 1.4 inch), ID: 3051022 - 4/7

Mythical animal (dog), Mali, Dogon, Size: L: 11 cm H: 3,5 cm (L: 4.3 inch H: 1.4 inch), ID: 3051022 - 5/7

Mythical animal (dog), Mali, Dogon, Size: L: 11 cm H: 3,5 cm (L: 4.3 inch H: 1.4 inch), ID: 3051022 - 6/7

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Lot 12

Mythical animal (dog) · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3051022

sold EUR 800

Provenance

Galerie Jahn, Munich, Germany
Bruno 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.

Comparing literature

Laude, Jean, African Art of the Dogon, New York 1973, ill. 54

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