Large Dogon Vasigine Statue On The Back Of The Hogon Mali

Rare large archaic Dogon statue with a famous primordial Dogon ancestor, Yasigine, its current representatives are the only women who can attend the ceremonies, we sometimes find it on masks but very very rarely as a statue, it is one of the only examples in my possession. awareness. It is an altar statue which has received numerous ritual offerings (millet flour, beer, earth, chicken blood, etc.) and therefore has a significant crusty cracked patina. Its composition is superb with the fine limbs of the 2 characters which respond to each other in the form of rectangles (arms and legs), the triumphant woman with her bust raised towards the sky and the barely leaning man towards the ground, she is carrying a bag with the ingredients for the offering, and the man a high collar. Height 70 cm excluding base, first half of the last century or before, the woman is missing an arm.
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