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Dogon Stool, Mali
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Dogon Stool, Mali
ogo toungo
Wood
Height 10 1/2in (26.6cm)
Provenance
Rene Rasmussen, Paris (1912-1979)
Bernard Lucas Collection, Nice, acquired in 1961
Seattle Private Collection, acquired in 1987
Literature
Dégué-Dégué, Les Tellems et Les Dogons, Galerie Numaga, Auvernier, Switzerland, 1973, fig. C 16
CIRAM C14 Report dates the work to 1475-1638 (95.4% probability).
Used in ceremonies, these "stools" honored nommos, the first ancestors of all humankind. This piece has three male-female caryatid pairs of nommos who, in their support of the surface and the base, represent the connections between the sky and the earth and the physical and spiritual worlds.
Wood
Height 10 1/2in (26.6cm)
Provenance
Rene Rasmussen, Paris (1912-1979)
Bernard Lucas Collection, Nice, acquired in 1961
Seattle Private Collection, acquired in 1987
Literature
Dégué-Dégué, Les Tellems et Les Dogons, Galerie Numaga, Auvernier, Switzerland, 1973, fig. C 16
CIRAM C14 Report dates the work to 1475-1638 (95.4% probability).
Used in ceremonies, these "stools" honored nommos, the first ancestors of all humankind. This piece has three male-female caryatid pairs of nommos who, in their support of the surface and the base, represent the connections between the sky and the earth and the physical and spiritual worlds.














