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Description:
Dogon Equestrian Figure Bowl Hogon's Cup of Office
Antique African Art Ritual Container Mali
Traditional Tribal Sculpture An Early Dogon Hogon's Equestrian Figure Cup w/ Extensive Use
Antique African Art - Tribal Sculpture Ritual Container - Mali Collected from the: Dogon peoples of the Bandiagara Cliffs in Mali, West Africa
Material: Hardwood, pigment, oil, skin oil
Period: Early 20th century, conservatively
Dimensions: 24.5" height, 7" outermost diameter; weight is 5.15 pounds
Condition: Excellent - From a private Parisian collection, this container remains unchanged from the time of it's original acquisition. Exquisite signs of age, wear and extensive tribal use, exposed wood displays significant patination, age cracks and indigenous repairs at left forearm and rein all test stable, lids fit well on this freestanding sculpture. Make special note of the burnished skin oil patina along high points and both cup rims, along with the interior residue and stains of extensive use suggesting that a cup of this superior quality would have been passed down through generations of Hogons - a truly spectacular, museum quality specimen ! Please to fully appreciate this important old piece!
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: _20292446259 |
| Year:
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