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Two ancestor figures, Mali, Dogon/Tellem, Size: H: 22,5 cm & 24 cm (H: 8.9 inch & 9.4 inch), ID: 3042198
Two ancestor figures, Mali, Dogon/Tellem, Size: H: 22,5 cm & 24 cm (H: 8.9 inch & 9.4 inch), ID: 3042198 - 2/5 Two ancestor figures, Mali, Dogon/Tellem, Size: H: 22,5 cm & 24 cm (H: 8.9 inch & 9.4 inch), ID: 3042198 - 3/5 Two ancestor figures, Mali, Dogon/Tellem, Size: H: 22,5 cm & 24 cm (H: 8.9 inch & 9.4 inch), ID: 3042198 - 4/5 Two ancestor figures, Mali, Dogon/Tellem, Size: H: 22,5 cm & 24 cm (H: 8.9 inch & 9.4 inch), ID: 3042198 - 5/5
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Lot 192
86th Tribal Art Auction

Two ancestor figures ·  Mali, Dogon/Tellem · ID: 3042198

sold EUR 1,500
Provenance
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Wolfgang Pinter, Oberkirch, Germany
Size
H: 22,5 cm & 24 cm
H: 8.9 inch & 9.4 inch

Description

wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, a) standing female figure, the elongated head flattened on top and strongly encrusted with sacrificial mass, dam. missing parts (face, right shank, left foot); b) kneeling figure with chin beard and projection on the parting, strongly encrusted sacrificial patina in some places, dam., missing parts (left forearm, legs, base); both mounted on metal plate

Publications

AHDRC: 0142094

Africa
Figures

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