Standing female figure · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3043653
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1968)Size
H: 74,5 cm
H: 29.3 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, encrustations with clay, carved with superimposed figures on the back, slightly dam., missing parts, cracks.
The actual function of the figure can not be determined anymore. It might belong to the type of the “dege dal nda”, the so-called “sculptures of the terrace”. They are taken out of storage for the funerals of rich men and dressed and displayed on the rooftop terrace of the deceased. It might as well belong to the type of the “vageu” figures which were placed on family altars.