Standing female figure with receptacle, Mali, Dogon, Size: H: 59 cm (H: 23.2 inch), ID: 3044946

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Lot 112

90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art

Standing female figure with receptacle · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3044946

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Provenance

Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland

Size

H: 59 cm

H: 23.2 inch

Description

wood, encrusted patina, insect causded damage, acrylic base

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.

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