Figure féminine debout · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3051092
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
Description
wood, heavily encrusted patina, base
Dogon figurative sculpture was created for shrines. The figures were placed on personal altars, ancestral altars, in “binu” sanctuaries, on altars dedicated to “Nommo” and on “yaupilu” shrines, which are dedicated to the souls of women who died in pregancy or childbirth.
The figures serve as intermediaries between people and a variety of spirit beings, deities and ancestors (“vageu”). They are the locus of prayer and are coated and doused with sacrificial materials. These are vehicles for “nyama”, the vital force that determines a person’s mental and physical well-being.
L’objet Figure féminine debout avec l’ID d’objet 3051092 a fait partie de l’enchère Vente aux enchères 103 en 16 novembre 2024 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 359.
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