Standing female figure with receptacle
Mali, Dogon
not available anymore
Provenance
Maria Wyss, Basel, SwitzerlandSize
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.