Shrine figure · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3041258
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Provenance
Robert Jacobsen, Copenhagen, Denmark (1912-1993)Robert Julius Tommy Jacobsen was a danish sculptor, painter and graphic designer. He was a representative of abstract art after World War II, specialized on concrete art.
Size
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, remains of black paint, grooved diamond-shaped facial plane, prominent ears, headdress, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage (above all in the lower area), abrasion of paint, cracks, base;
presumably depicting “nommo”, carrying a wooden bowl on his head for protection against the sun and for eating. The “nommo” were eight messengers sent to earth by the creator-god “amma” in order to generate the human race.