Standing male figure ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3033471

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, remains of a sticky black sacrificial patina backside, in pride upright posture with upraised bearded head, traces of metal cuffs around neck and right forearm, dam., the arms missing in parts, presumably once holding a staff (remains visible), traces of insect caused damage, on plate;
because of it’s large size, the figure belongs to the type of the “dege dal nda”, the so-called “sculptures of the terrace”.

The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3033471 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 213.

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