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Old Dogon Female Staff Top figure , African Art

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Old Dogon Female Staff Top figure , African Art

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This is a very rare old wood sculpture from the Dogon peoples of Mali, West Africa. Carved from a hard dense wood, this image of a highly stylized female ancestral effigy, and appears to be a staff top. A very interesting and strong example of Dogon Arts. The figure measures 8.75 inches tall. ( 10.25 inches on custom base )

Condition

Fair, eroded, loss to arm, fragment of a staff

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Old Dogon Female Staff Top figure , African Art

Name: Old Dogon Female Staff Top figure , African Art
SKU: 71954069
Price: 50 USD
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