Standing anthropomorphic figure · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3053521
Starting price
EUR 5,500
Estimated price
EUR 10,000
Provenance
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, USAMuseum of Primitive Art, New York, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Size
H: 101,5 cm
H: 40.0 inch
Description
wood, encrusted patina, old collection no. “1978.37.43”
The oversized head is rendered in a strongly mask-like manner, with deeply carved eye areas and an elongated, beak-like nose. This creates the impression of an applied or worn mask. The abstracted, frontal form suggests a ritual or ancestor-related context.