Lot: 156

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Mali, Dogon-Tomo-kä, Plaine Seno-Gondo

Provenance Taille Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Walter Baldi, Gorgonzola, Italy H: 46,5 cm Cet objet n’est plus disponible.

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
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