Offer Cup
Dogon · Mali
Reference: RCPT-4
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- Material
- Wood and pigments
Cup of offerings supported on the heads of two primordial ancestors, as caryatides, and two others represented on the lid so that the four primordial ancestors…
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Full original description
Cup of offerings supported on the heads of two primordial ancestors, as caryatides, and two others represented on the lid so that the four primordial ancestors who in turn represent the four essential elements of nature, Binu Seru the water, Amma Seru the air, Lebe Seru the earth and Diogu Seru the fire.
Dark patina.
Further technical information
- Width
- 10 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Mali. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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