Sitting female figure with headdress ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3037604

Description

wood, mat blackish brown patina, partly encrusted, head with flat chin and disc-shaped flattend superstructure (bowl?), “bulgy eyes”, horseshoe-shaped ears, asymmetrical body (shifted hips and shoulders), slightly dam., minor missing parts (headdress), small traces of insect caused damage, crack (base), pedestal (breakage/rep.)

The object Sitting female figure with headdress with the object ID 3037604 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 173.

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