Ritual Trough With A Horse's Head Carved With A Decor Of Crocodiles And Mali-dogon Characters

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Ritual Trough With A Horse's Head Carved With A Decor Of Crocodiles And Mali-dogon Characters

Artist: Dogon Mali

Superb ritual trough in very hard wood, very heavy measuring 26cm high, 116cm long and 23cm deep This type of trough that can serve as a bench is called "Arch of the world" it represents the arch in which the nomos (mythical genitor ) are represented in facades surrounding a crocodile. The head and the tail of the pony (or donkey) serve as handles of transport The object kept out of sight, only taken out once a year for the winter solstice ceremony which brings together the Belle family old patina of use probably nineteenth Prestigious direct provenance Vérité collection free shipping worldwide

35 000 €