Post with a depiction of "toguna" · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3033590

Name: Post with a depiction of "toguna"
SKU: 3033590
Availability: Discontinued

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Provenance

Dutch Collection

Size

H: 84 cm

H: 33.1 inch

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, round post with columnar neck, supporting a stool-like object: disc-shaped base with 9 angular struts, surmounted by a mushroom-like top, fissured surface because of weathering, the post with extrem traces of insect caused damage, missing parts (one strut);
the exhibition catalogue “Dogon”, Musée Branly, 2011, identified a comparable piece as “post with toguna depiction”.

The object Post with a depiction of “toguna” with the object ID 3033590 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 206.

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