Post of a "togu na" · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3033200
Description
wood, middle brown patina, fork shaped top, flattened to the front and carved with a male/female pair of figures in raised relief, dam., missing parts, cracks, traces of weathering, on plate;
“togu na” describes a refuge, build for the male village eldest. It is an open construction with vertical elements supporting a thatched roof. In ideal case it consists of 8 posts arranged in sinuous line, referring to the 8 ancestors of “nommo”. The roof is low, so that the men have to sit during the assemblage, but keeps them cool.
L’objet Post of a “togu na” avec l’ID d’objet 3033200 a fait partie de l’enchère 70th tribal art auction en 8 septembre 2012 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 205.
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Littérature comparée
Spini, Tito & Sandro, Togu Na, Casa della parola, Mailand 1976, p. 149, ill. 132