Small standing figure · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3032308
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Eduard Hess, Basel, SwitzerlandSize
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch
Description
light brown wood, shiny dark brown patina, of schematized form with simplified facial features, min. dam., minor missing parts, cracks, on wooden base;
the Dogon place their figures on altars devoted to real or mythological ancestors.
Comparing literature
Imperato, Pascal James, Dogon cliff dwellers, New York o. J., p. 57