Pair of figures · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3033283
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Provenance
Ader-Picard-Ader,Paris, “Art Primitifs”, 4 December 1967. Lot 60Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 25 November 2006, lot 77
Lempertz Brussels, 25 April 2009, lot 26
Size
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
Description
light brown wood, encrusted patina, side by side rising from an oval base, the upper parts of the body grown together, facial features hardly recognizable, min. dam., cracks, traces of abrasion, on wooden base;
figures in pairs are sometimes identified as the “primordial couple”.
The object Pair of figures with the object ID 3033283 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 210.
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Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Die Kunst der Dogon, Zürich 1995, p. 101, ill. 70