Standing female figure · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3048250
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Provenance
Christoph Krüger, Germany (coll. in the 1970s in the area around the village of Kanicombole, Mali)Size
H: 24,5 cm
H: 9.6 inch
Description
wood, heavily encrusted sacrificial patina, rest.
Sculptures of the Dogon, called “dege”, were placed on many different kinds of altars, most of which were dedicated to ancestors, either real or mythical.
The figures served as intermediaries between people and a variety of spiritual beings, including gods and ancestors. They were sacrificed with a wide variety of materials to achieve the desired ends.
Comparing literature
Ezra, Kate, Art of the Dogon, New York 1988, p. 21