Zemanek-Münster

Standing male figure

Mali, Dogon
not available anymore
Provenance
Carlo von Castelberg, Zurich, Switzerland
Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 10. September 1994, lot 40
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
Size
H: 39,5 cm
H: 15.6 inch

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


Comparing literature

Laude, Jean, African Art of the Dogon, New York 1973, ill. 61

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