Dogon Janus figure
A little Dogon Janus figure early XXth century. I
found it in a small Dutch collection with many quality pieces.
Dogon Janus figure
wood & blood
height: 26 cm
price :
SOLD
condition: worn patina wood with traces of blood offerings, cracks and some parts missing in the blood crust
The two sides have a male face with a beard but one of the two sides has also breast.
This refers to the ancestral incest and Dogon mythology.
This statue probably represent Amma's first deity androgynous twin.
"The impression is that men feel a certain veiled regret for having to go through woman in order to reproduce and that they fantasize about a pure worldinhabited by men alone"
According to Genevičve Calame Griaule (in Words and the Dogon Words) there is an ambiguity between male and female in the Dogon culture, woman are considered as having "unstable natures", but male attitude bonds with the fox and the female.
| Yet speech much maintain the balance of the created
world and congruity between it's parts.
height: 26 cm price : sold
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Related Books at Amazon:
Words
and the Dogon world
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A not to expensive piece that could be a nice addition to your African Art collection. Let me know if you are interested.
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