Lot: 194

86th Tribal Art Auction

Kneeling female figure

Mali, Dogon

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Alain de Monbrison H: 8.5 inch This object is not available anymore.

wood, blackish brown patina, slightly sticky in parts, narrow helmet-shaped head with chin plug, thick encrusted sacrificial patina, slightly dam., base;
figural sculpture was poured with sacrificaial liquids. Many different substances are used for sacrifice, including the blood of chicken, sheep, and goats slaughtered for this purpose. Pulp with millet flour or flour made from the fruit and seeds of the "baobab" and "yullo" trees and concoctions of burned herbs, charcoal, and shea oil or the oil of the "sa" tree.


Alain de Monbrison, Paris, 5 January 2017