Standing female figure
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88th Tribal Art AuctionStanding female figure
Mali, Dogon-Tomo-kä, Seno-Gondo Plain
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Walter Baldi, Gorgonzola, Italy | H: 18.3 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
wood, brown patina, slightly dam., insect caused missing parts (face, left arm, right leg), old repair (breakage: coiffure backside fixed by aglet), base.
For a comparable figure see Harrie Heinemans Collection (ill. 34).
The present figure belongs to the rare Dogon style known as "tomo-ka". Originating from the plain of the Seno River where the Dogon mixed with the Bamana and possibly Mossi populations
Africa Museum (ed.), The pleasure of collecting African art, The Harrie Heinmans Collection, Berg en Dal 1986, p. 25, ill. 34