A FINE DOGON HORSEMAN

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A FINE DOGON HORSEMAN
The tapered head with arrow-shaped nose, applied metal eyes, pierced mouth, the coiffure dressed as four braids and with pierced topknot, the right arm extended, the left deficient, the horse with pricked ears, the base a vessel cover with engraved panels, thick crusty patina 17¼in. (44cm.) high

Lot Essay

This is the cover of a bowl. Leloup (1994, p.161 and no.99) attributes carvings with such a coiffure to the Wakara or the Douenza region. A complete bowl with a similar top showing a horseman is in the Bela Hein collection (Musée Dapper, 1994, p.70)