Couple of Women with Singing
Mossi · Mali
Reference: BRN-113
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- Material
- Bronze, lost wax
Couple of dogon women with a pitcher over their heads. The woman is responsible for carrying water for domestic use for which she has to travel…
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Full original description
Couple of dogon women with a pitcher over their heads. The woman is responsible for carrying water for domestic use for which she has to travel at times at great distances and bear great weights and often carries other containers in each hand. They are protective figures of the family, whose intercession is requested so that the water does not lack in the house. Greenish patina.
Further technical information
- 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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