Standing figure ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3032847

Description

wood, light brown patina, a simple formed body with symmetrical arranged limbs, crowned by a proportionally small head with hollowed ears, slightly dam., cracks, missing parts (feet, lower jaw right hand side), on metal plate;
present figure can be classified as “dege dal nda”, a so-called “sculpture of the terrace”. They are taken out of storage for the funerals of rich men and dressed and displayed on the rooftop terrace of the deceased. For the rest of the time they were stored in the house of the “hogon”.

The object Standing figure with the object ID 3032847 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 276.

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