Staff of a religious leader · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3032344
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Provenance
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, GermanyHubert Caspers, Hamburg, Germany
Size
L: 67 cm
L: 26.4 inch
Description
heavy wood, dark brown patina, round staff with curved top in shape of a stylized antelope head with open snout, the pupils inset with metal tags, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage and abrasion, fissures;
such objects are carried, hooked over the left shoulder, by the priests “hogon” of the Dogon.
Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher D., Die Dogon von Mali und Ober-Volta, München 1983, p. 23