Dogon, Mali: Shrine figure with heavy sacrificial patina.
An old, standing, male figure made of hard, heavy wood. With long plaited coiffure and a beard. The heavy, partly encrusted patina reveals that this figure was the recipient of sacrificial offerings on an altar for a long time. Between the 19th century and the first third of the 20th century; H: 30 cm. (ME)
Provenance: Collection of Prof. Rudolf Leopold, Vienna.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
24.03.2014 - 16:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 3,000.- to EUR 4,000.-
Dogon, Mali: Shrine figure with heavy sacrificial patina.
An old, standing, male figure made of hard, heavy wood. With long plaited coiffure and a beard. The heavy, partly encrusted patina reveals that this figure was the recipient of sacrificial offerings on an altar for a long time. Between the 19th century and the first third of the 20th century; H: 30 cm. (ME)
Provenance: Collection of Prof. Rudolf Leopold, Vienna.
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: | 24.03.2014 - 16:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 18.03. - 24.03.2014 |