A fine and rare Dogon Staff

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Description

yo dommolo, of overall arching and zoomorphic form, the cylindrical shaft with a zigzag mane leading to an openwork snout and framed at the crest by two stylized figures; exceptionally fine, varied and encrusted deep brown patina.

Provenance

C. P. Meulendijk Collection, Rotterdam
Acquired from Alain Schoeffel, Paris, before 1982

Literature

Wassing 1968: plate 78

Bradley, Traditional African Sculpture from the Britt Family Collection, 1982: 3, figure 1, catalogue of the exhibition Notre Dame, Indiana, The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, October 24 - December 19, 1982