Standing female figure with child ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3039649

Description

wood, thick encrusted black sacrificial and soot patina, overlong upper part of the body, forearms and hands create a step-like form, breasts and navel accentuated, carrying a child on her back, rising from integral base, slightly dam., patina chipped off in some places, base;
images of women with children abound in Dogon art, not surprising for a society in which children are a woman’s dominant concern.

The object Standing female figure with child with the object ID 3039649 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 188.

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