Standing female figure with receptacle · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3034604
Arcade Gallery, London, Great Britain
Wolfgang Ketterer Munich, 13. November 1982, lot 32
Description
wood, blotched greyish-brown patina with traces of black paint, the navel especially accentuated, band ornaments with incised zigzag-patterns on body and face, carrying a round receptacle with lid on the head, slightly dam., small missing parts (nose, hands, back), cracks, socle;
the bowl as a symbol for the traditional role of women, whose task is, to provide their man with food. Presumably carved in order of a man/widower who asks his ancestors for sending him a traditional woman.
The object Standing female figure with receptacle with the object ID 3034604 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 267.
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