Sculpture figurative
Mali, Dogon
Vendu
1 650 €
Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider (1909-1987), Munich, GermanyNagel, Stuttgart, 11 May 1999, Lot 435
Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Taille
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
wood, base
This beautiful work consists of a set of four figures arrayed around a central core and crowned by a fifth figure. It may have once adorned a shrine or altar created for communication with the ancestors of a Dogon lineage group or other supernatural powers.