Lot No. 6


Dogon, Mali: a very old figure of the Dogon, heavily eroded, with thick, encrusted sacrificial patina.


Dogon, Mali: a very old figure of the Dogon, heavily eroded, with thick, encrusted sacrificial patina. - Tribal Art

A figure of the Dogon, from the Bandiagara Escarpment in the east of Mali. Made of hard, heavy wood, very eroded and fragmentary due to age and weathering. Based on the still visible proportions of the sculpture, it was originally carved in the Tintam, Mandé or N’duleri style. With a thick, encrusted sacrificial patina, due to many years of sacrificial offerings with millet gruel and similar stuff.


Height: 41 cm.
19th century or earlier. (ME)

Provenance: Austrian private collection.

Specialist: Erwin Melchardt Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465

erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at

06.04.2017 - 15:00

Realized price: **
EUR 750.-
Starting bid:
EUR 500.-

Dogon, Mali: a very old figure of the Dogon, heavily eroded, with thick, encrusted sacrificial patina.


A figure of the Dogon, from the Bandiagara Escarpment in the east of Mali. Made of hard, heavy wood, very eroded and fragmentary due to age and weathering. Based on the still visible proportions of the sculpture, it was originally carved in the Tintam, Mandé or N’duleri style. With a thick, encrusted sacrificial patina, due to many years of sacrificial offerings with millet gruel and similar stuff.


Height: 41 cm.
19th century or earlier. (ME)

Provenance: Austrian private collection.

Specialist: Erwin Melchardt Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465

erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Tribal Art
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 06.04.2017 - 15:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 01.04. - 06.04.2017


** Purchase price incl. buyer's premium and VAT

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