Post of a "togu na" ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3033200

Description

wood, middle brown patina, fork shaped top, flattened to the front and carved with a male/female pair of figures in raised relief, dam., missing parts, cracks, traces of weathering, on plate;
“togu na” describes a refuge, build for the male village eldest. It is an open construction with vertical elements supporting a thatched roof. In ideal case it consists of 8 posts arranged in sinuous line, referring to the 8 ancestors of “nommo”. The roof is low, so that the men have to sit during the assemblage, but keeps them cool.

The object Post of a “togu na” with the object ID 3033200 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 205.

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Comparing literature

Spini, Tito & Sandro, Togu Na, Casa della parola, Mailand 1976, p. 149, ill. 132