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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 13, 2023 | Bonhams | New York | African and Oceanic Art | 38 | $****** - ****** | Dogon Granary Shutter, Mali |
other
79.1 cm (31.13 in)
Wood, encrusted pigments, metal
Lee Lorenze Collection, New York
Baron Frederic "Freddy" Rolin Collection, Brussels/New York
Armand Arman Collection, Vence/New York
Sotheby"s, New York, 19 May 2001, Lot 92
New York Private Collection
Literature
Conru, Kevin, Bernard de Grunne and Shaouli Sharkar, Collection Baron Freddy Rolin , Conru Editions, Brussels, 2021, fig. 93
Carved in two vertical planks of dense wood joined with metal binders on the top and bottom, with projecting pivots on the top and bottom right for swinging open and shut; a separately carved wooden lock attached for securing the door; carved in relief with four rows of abstract human figures with featureless faces and identical components - head, torso, breast, hand, knees and feet; fine encrusted brown patina.
As noted by Kate Ezra, "The meaning of such similar anonymous figures on granary shutters is not clear. The granary itself is often seen as a symbol of the celestial ark that figured in the creation and settlement of the earth, and the figures on granary shutters have been interpreted as the mythical beings who populated the ark and gave rise to the various Dogon lineages (New York, Iron Sculpture of the Dogon , Galerie Kamer, 1964:217; Griaule and Dieterlen, The Pale Fox , Chino Valley, AZ, 1986: 537) ( Art of the Dogon: Selections from the Lester Wunderman Collection , The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, p. 93)
Dogon Granary Shutter, Mali
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Wood, encrusted pigments, metal
Height 31 1/8in (79cm)
