DOGON STYLE RIDERS, MALI

 

Dogon Style Rider 4
8" high
$350

Dogon Style Rider 5
6" high
$250


 

Dogon Style Rider 7
6.25" high
$200

Dogon Style Rider 8
4.25" high
$150
 

Dogon Style Rider 14
7.5" high
$300

Despite their appearance these Dogon riders were probably made to be sold.

Dogon Style
Hairpins

Dogon Style Wood
Horsemen

Photographs © Tim Hamill

DOGON, HORSE and RIDERS, Mali

These unique equestrian figures, some cast of a bronze alloy and some forged of iron, express status, prestige and power. They would bring honor to the ancestors, the current leadership and the owner of the sculpture. Although rare, horsemen as icon have existed for 1000 years in Mali. Some depict a hogon, the supreme officeholder, a semi-divine leader of great wisdom, or even a mythological emissary from a distant land.

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