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WEST AFRICAN MALI - Dogon Toguna Post
WEST AFRICAN MALI - Dogon Toguna Post
WEST AFRICAN MALI - Dogon Toguna Post
WEST AFRICAN MALI - Dogon Toguna Post

WEST AFRICAN MALI - Dogon Toguna Post

$ 1557.6

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

    Description

    Description:
    Structural post, for the important mens meeting house or “togu na”, with a v-shaped top, long pillar body carved with a male figure of priest having ovoid head with raised nasal ridge, pinprick eyes, and concave ears. His body is displayed with broad shoulders and one arm up and the other one down on it side. Under it a pair male and female figures together side by side. A symbolic symbol of equality .Weathered from erosion, minor holes, darker at base where it was buried. Custom base.
    Provenance:
    Private FL. collection, acquired while living in NYC, in the 1960s - 1980s.