Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2023
Lot 1490
A Dogon box
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000
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Description
A Dogon box
Mali
with a standing female surmount with a crested coiffure, metal eyes and facial scarifications, the box with sunken relief corners and metal mounts, with a hinged door having a metal loop handle, the underside with remains of white painted collection number 16.,
13.7cm high.
Provenance
ex Ollers Collection.
The Arcade Gallery, London.
Exhibited
The Arcade Gallery, London, Autumn 1978, no. 12.
Described as boxes for betel, medicine, butter and tobacco.