Lot 3
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A Dogon horse figure

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

the quadruped with rounded haunches and shoulders, with a pendant tail and the elongated, downcast snout; encrusted deep brown patina.

Provenance

Acquired from Stolper Galleries, Amsterdam, Morton Lipkin and Robert Stolper, November 24, 1965

Exhibited

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Public Museum, Selections from the William W. Brill Collection of African Art, May 5 – August 31, 1969 (for additional venues see bibliography, Milwaukee 1969)

Catalogue Note

Cf. Carnegie Institute (1969: figure 2) for two related horse figures, formerly in the Leff Collection.