CEREMONIAL HELMET with a BIRD - Dogon culture, Mali - First half of the 20th century

Would you like more images?

CEREMONIAL HELMET with a BIRD - Dogon culture, Mali - First half of the 20th century

Name: CEREMONIAL HELMET with a BIRD - Dogon culture, Mali - First half of the 20th century
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: 8I3KTEL811
Price: 1460 EUR
Availability: InStock

By Gallery FCP CORIDON

1.460 €

Period 20th century

Style Tribal Art

DELIVERY

From: 93400, Saint-Ouen, France

To: Modify

Change your address to get an accurate estimate of shipping costs.

Country

Postal Code

Validate

Standard delivery - Zone 1

10 €

Standard delivery - Zone 2

20 €

Modify

Ask a quote request

Item offered for sale by

FCP CORIDON

93400 Saint-Ouen

Display phone number +33 6 75 98 11 19

See the gallery

Description

This description has been translated and may not be completely accurate. Click here to see the original

CEREMONIAL HELMET animated with a BIRD
Dogon culture, Mali
First half of the 20th century
Copper alloy
H. 17; Diam. 17 cm

Small truncated cone-shaped ceremonial helmet surmounted by an avian figure with wings spread in half-discs incised with concentric circles. The rim is decorated with a frieze of applied semi-circles.

The bird represented in this way could refer to the messengers of the Hogons: the Orotongou.

Ref. number : 4696

Ref: 8I3KTEL811

Additional Information

Condition	Very good
Ethnic group	Dogon
Style	Tribal Art (African Usuels and Rituals items of Tribal Art Style)
Period	20th century (African Usuels and Rituals items 20th century)
Country of origin	Mali