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Dogon Staff, Mali
yo domolo
Wood, metal, ritual patination
length 26in (66cm)
Provenance
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam
Cornelis Pieter Meulendijk Collection, Rotterdam
Lucien Van de Velde, Antwerp/Brussels
Pace Primitive Art, New York (no. 54-3923)
James Stephenson African Art, New York
Franklin Family Collection, Portland, Oregon
Published
Wassing, René S., African Art - Its Background and Traditions, Abrams, New York, 1968, pl. 78
Kate Ezra notes, "Worn over the shoulder or held in the hand, curved staff such as this are emblems of the society of yona, or "ritual thieves." (Art of the Dogon - Selections from the Lester Wunderman Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988, p. 94)
Of stylized horse-like form with openwork carving and two figures seated at the top as stylized ears; rich, blackened patina with encrusted ritual patination.
Wood, metal, ritual patination
length 26in (66cm)
Provenance
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam
Cornelis Pieter Meulendijk Collection, Rotterdam
Lucien Van de Velde, Antwerp/Brussels
Pace Primitive Art, New York (no. 54-3923)
James Stephenson African Art, New York
Franklin Family Collection, Portland, Oregon
Published
Wassing, René S., African Art - Its Background and Traditions, Abrams, New York, 1968, pl. 78
Kate Ezra notes, "Worn over the shoulder or held in the hand, curved staff such as this are emblems of the society of yona, or "ritual thieves." (Art of the Dogon - Selections from the Lester Wunderman Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988, p. 94)
Of stylized horse-like form with openwork carving and two figures seated at the top as stylized ears; rich, blackened patina with encrusted ritual patination.














