Zemanek-Münster

Figure féminine debout · 
Mali, Dogon · ID: 3044944

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Provenance
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
Taille
H: 57 cm
H: 22.4 inch

Description

wood, base

Figures of this type are called “dege dal nda”, “sculptures of the terrace” and were stored in the house of the “hogon”. They are taken out of storage for the funerals of rich men and dressed and displayed on the roof top terrace of the deceased.


Littérature comparée

Ezra, Kate, Art of the Dogon, New York 1988, p. 53

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