Reliquary
Dogon · Mali
Reference: RLC-20
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- Height
- 56 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
Funeral wooden urn intended for reliquary to preserve relics of the ancestors. On the top of the urn, four women watch the relics, kneeling and in…
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Full original description
Funeral wooden urn intended for reliquary to preserve relics of the ancestors. On the top of the urn, four women watch the relics, kneeling and in a gathering attitude, while four others, as caryatids, hold the urn with their hands. Dates from the twenties of last century. Dark greyish patina.
Further technical information
- Width
- 21 cm
- Attributed period
- First third of the 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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