Standing female figure ·  Mali, Dogon-Tomo kä, Seno-Gondo Plain · ID: 3046606

Description

wood, metal, glass beads, missing parts, base

This sculpture could be the type of a “dege dal nda” (“terrace sculpture”).

They are stored in the house of the “hogon”. For the funerals of rich men they are taken out of storage, dressed and displayed on the rooftop terrace of the deceased.

The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3046606 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 220 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,000.

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Comparing literature

Ezra, Kate, Art of the Dogon, New York 1988, p. 52

Publications

AHDRC: 0131968