Set of two Dogon style statuettes, Mali
Light... Lot 30
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Set of two Dogon style statuettes, Mali
Light wood, eroded
H : 28 cm
The features of the face having been lost, the nasal bridge can be guessed, the eyes their perimeters. Conical head, the top of the forehead with a darker patina. The second statuette presents an originality, impregnating itself with the iconography of the tellem, its arms folded under the umbilicus seem to be split and carried high behind the head towards the sky. Under the small conical chest a succession of horizontal scarification accentuate by the play of opposition the verticality of the arms and the gesture. Fine nasal bridge, under the eyes with closed eyelids accentuated by a relief, discreet scarification appear at the level of the cheekbones.
DOGON STYLE - SET OF 2 STATUETTES
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