Small double figure · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3033436
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1986)
Description
wood, partly encrusted brown patina, standing aside of each other, the bodies nearly identical formed and grown together, simplified facial features, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
figures like these are sometimes identified as the “primordial couple”. Since so little is actually known about the meaning and use of these figures, terms such as “primordial couple” serve only to mask the true state of our knowledge. Here are shown two female figures, because of that it might be another special type.
The object Small double figure with the object ID 3033436 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 92 achieved a sales price of EUR 50.
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