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Dogon statue (N° 23500)

Dogon altar hermaphrodite figure, represented frontally, a cup on the head and the hands joined at the level of the lower abdomen. A female miniature appears in relief on the woman's back. Interesting greyish patina, locally encrusted with grainy deposits. Desication cracks.
Carved for the most part on order placed by a family, the Dogon statues can also be the object of worship on the part of the whole community. However, their functions remain little known. Alongside Islam, Dogon religious rites are organized around four main cults: the Lébé, relating to fertility, under the spiritual authority of the Hogon, the Wagem, ancestor worship under the authority of the patriarch, the Binou invoking the spirit world and led by the priest of the Binou, and the society of masks concerning the funeral.  

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OriginEx-collection française
EthnyDogon
Countrymali
Material(s)wood
Height cm50
Width13 cm
Weight1.55 Kg
Estimated datingmid-xx°

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