Standing figure ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3036589

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, traces of kaolin, carrying a bowl on the head, characteristic features: form and posture of the body, c-shaped ears, arrow-shaped nose and labret in the lower lips, traces of treatment with sacrificial matters, slightly dam., minor missing parts (rim of the bowl), breakage (right lower arm), old place of repair (breakage body/legzone fixed with metal clamps), base;
presumably a depiction of “nommo”, wearing a wooden bowl on the head serving as protection of the sun and for eating as well. “Nommo” are called the eight messengers sent down to earth by the creator-god “amma” in order to generate the human race.

The object Standing figure with the object ID 3036589 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 148 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,400.

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