Small female figure · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3038270
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Size
H:19,5 cm
H:7.7 inch
Description
wood, slighlty encrusted brown patina, schematized body with the typical Dogon characteristics, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base;
presumably an individual protective figure provided with “nyama”, the spiritual strength of a venerated ancestor.
The object Small female figure with the object ID 3038270 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 141.
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