Kneeling figure with lip plug
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Lot: 193
86th Tribal Art AuctionKneeling figure with lip plug
Mali, Dogon
| Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
|---|---|---|
| Roger Budin, Geneva, Switzerland Jean-Louis Picard, Paris, 8 October 1991, lot 208 Jean-Paul Agogué, Champigny-sur-Marne, France (1994) Stéphane Kurc, France |
H: 12.4 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, traces of pigment, carrying a slightly hollowed circular crest on the head, abundant scarification marks, dam., insect caused missing parts (neck, back, above all area of legs and base), rep. (breakage: right arm), collection number "AJP 1373" on white ground (headdress), base;
possibly a depiction of "nommo", wearing a wooden bowl on the head serving as protection of the sun and for eating as well. "Nommo" are called the eight messengers sent down to earth by the creator-god "amma" in order to generate the human race.
Francine Ndiaye, Arts et peuples du Mali, Amiens 1994, p. 48, no. 22 (not ill.)
Exhibited:
Arts et peuples du Mali, Amiens, France, Chapelle de la Visitation, 14 October - 26 November 1994
