Standing female figure ·  Mali, Dogon-Tomo-kä, Seno-Gondo Plain · ID: 3043634

Description

wood, brown patina, slightly dam., insect caused missing parts (face, left arm, right leg), old repair (breakage: coiffure backside fixed by aglet), base.
For a comparable figure see Harrie Heinemans Collection (ill. 34).
The present figure belongs to the rare Dogon style known as “tomo-ka”. Originating from the plain of the Seno River where the Dogon mixed with the Bamana and possibly Mossi populations

Comparing literature

Africa Museum (ed.), The pleasure of collecting African art, The Harrie Heinmans Collection, Berg en Dal 1986, p. 25, ill. 34