Standing male figure · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3034360
Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 10. September 1994, lot 40
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
Description
wood, clay-like encrusted patina, the body arranged bow-shaped, when looked at it in profile: head and shoulders drawn back - the belly protruding, arms and upper part of the body extremely lengthened while the leg zone is extremely short, slightly dam., missing parts (back of the head, back, front of the base), traces of insect caused damage and weathering (above all on the right side of the body), wooden socle
The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3034360 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 207.
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Comparing literature
Laude, Jean, African Art of the Dogon, New York 1973, ill. 61