Ceremonial container · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3038138
Emerson Woelffer, Los Angeles, USA (1960)
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
Description
wood, dark brown patina, bellied vessel with lid and incised decor resting on a round base and four struts, crowned by an equestrian figure, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
Dogon equestrian figures are most often identified as images of the “hogon”, since in Dogon society horses are a luxury generally reserved for rich and powerful people. Horses occur in Dogon beliefs about the creation of the world. Containers like the present were not used in everyday life. They were rather used at enthronement festivities of the “hogon”, where they served for food offerings.
L’objet Ceremonial container avec l’ID d’objet 3038138 a fait partie de l’enchère 79th Tribal Art Auction en 21 mars 2015 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 144.
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Littérature comparée
Chemeche, George, The Horse Rider in African Art, Suffolk 2011, p. 58 f. Leloup, Hélène, Dogon, Paris 2011, p. 312 f.
Publications
Byrnes, James B., The Artist as Collector, California 1975, p. 54, fig. 33