Ancestor Sculpture

Ancestor Sculpture
Tellem
Mali
Wood
Height: 49 cm
Estimated Period: 14th-16th centuries
C-14 Analysis by CIRAM 0124-OA-064J-6

Jean Hermet Collection (1927-1974), France. Acquired in Mali in the 1960s.
Gilbert Huguenin / Galerie Numaga, Switzerland. 1970s.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Mercedes and David Serra Collection, Spain.

Exhibition catalog: Degue-Degue. Les Tellems et les Dogon, by Gilbert Huguenin, Auvernier, Switzerland: Galerie Numaga, 1973:45, # C168
Exhibition catalog: Picasso, la metamorfosi della figura. 24 ORE cultura, Milano, 2024. P. 69.