Notable A Horse
Small figure of knight and mount performed by the procedure of lost wax.
BRN-92
List of the historical catalogue
A.- BRONCES: SMALL
Text and organisation of the original catalogue · Jesús Arrimadas Saavedra
The small bronze figurines, made by the procedure of lost wax, representing characters carrying agricultural work tools or weapons were considered jewels by their owners and jealously guarded. Numerous dogon figures have appeared in the obituaries of Bandiagará in Mali, among which the image of the thinker frequently appears. Most of these figures were votive votive deposits. The current production is reserved for tourists. Also very elaborate are the figurines baulé.
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Thinker
The figure of the thinker, in different positions, is frequent in the small statuery in bronze dogon.
BRN-93
Young Pregnant
Little figure of a pregnant young woman. Her belly as well as her breasts are conical.
BRN-94
Ancient Head
Little head of an old man from the Fumbam area.
BRN-100
Sitting ancestor
Broce figurine representing an ancestor, sitting with his left leg raised and folded by his knee.
BRN-101
Exvoto
An exvote is an offering in gratitude for the favors obtained from a higher being.
FIV-11
Curandera With Child
The healer is sitting holding a child upside down. The child has a great anal protrusion.
BRN-103
Griot
Musician, rapsoda, singer, narrator, panegirist, historian, genealogist, fabulist and literate on griot is essentially the master of the word,…
BRN-104
Sitting Woman
A woman's figure sitting with her legs stretched out and her hands on her legs.
BRN-105
Female Pilate El Cereal
The woman is sitting on an akan stool with the mallet in her hands for pillar the cereal or the male banana…
BRN-106
Female
Young woman belonging to the class of notables as denoted by her dress and bracelets she wears in arms, forearms and ankles.
BRN-107
Woman With Cantaro
Figurine depicting a woman with a pitcher over her head.
BRN-108
Female
Young woman belonging to the class of notables as indicated by the bracelets worn in arms, forearms and ankles.
BRN-109
Music and Dancers
Set of five musicians playing different instruments and dancers waving large machetes.
BRN-110
Sitting Couple
Couple sitting on the ground with legs twisted to the left the man and to the right the woman, and hands on…
BRN-111
Notable
A remarkable bulwark with his cane in his right hand while posing his left hand in the pruning parts. tribal scarifications on…
BRN-112
Couple of Women with Singing
Couple of dogon women with a pitcher over their heads.
BRN-113
Standing Couple
Couple of men who represent, without a doubt, a couple of nomos.
BRN-114
Couple with Child
Curious and rare dogon couple. The woman has a child, only schematized, in her arms.
BRN-115
Primordial Couple
Normally the primordial couple appears sitting, in this case standing.
BRN-116
Bowl Holder
Figurine acquired in Abidjan in the mid-sixties of the last century.
BRN-117
Woman seated with object in the hand
Piece acquired in Abidjan in the mid-sixties of the last century.
BRN-118
Man With Short Pants
Figure of a man pushed forward with an object in his hands whose meaning we do not know.
BRN-119
Thinker
It was common throughout the Niger Delta region, using this type of small bronze figures and the custom of placing them as…
BRN-132
