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A fragmentary Djenne sculpture, in seating position,touching with one hand the breast, the other resting on the knee, collected in the Jenne-Jeno region, in eroded condition, age unknown, TL analysis on request.
600 - 700,- Euro
Height: 28 cm
Weight: 4,4 kg
Karl-Ferdinand Schaedler, Erde und Erz, 2500 Jahre, Afrikanische Kunst aus Terrakotta und Metall, Panterra Verlag, 1997:51, De Grunne, Bernard, u.a.Terra d'Africa, terra d'Acheologia: la grande scultura in terracotta del Mali: Djenne VIII-XVI sec. " 1990:48 , 30 cm, De Grunne, Bernard, The Terracotta Statuary of the Inland Delta of the Niger in Mali / La Statuaire en Terre Cuite du Delta Interieur du Niger au Mali / Figürliche Terrakotten aus dem Gebiet des Niger-Binnendeltas in Mali, München 1982

The sculpture was found in the Djenne-Jeno-region.
"During the period of French colonial rule, fragments of terracotta figures occasionally came to light on the sites of the long-abandoned villages scattered throuhout the inland Niger Delta. At first little attention was paid to them.

Klassifizierung nach Augentypen:
A Oval, oben gerändert, unten gestrichelt
B Oval, durchgehend gestrichelt
C Oval, durchgehend gerändert
a. Ränder konisch vorstehend
b. Ränder flach geritzt
D Oval gerändert, seitlich auslaufend
E Kugelförmig
a. halbkugelförmig aufsitzend
F Kaffebohnenförmig
a.oval aufsitzend |
photo: tribalartforum.com/ identification no. DSC09815.jpg |

Pictogamm wj
A Djenne-funeral urn with the typical
positions of the excavated sculptures
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