DOGON STYLE ARK 6, MALI

Photographs © Hamill Gallery

DOGON STYLE
ARK 6
11.5" high x 52" long
$800
SOLD

We believe this ark was made to be sold.

Horse-shaped containers, embellished with carved Nommo (ancestor) figures and sun lizards symbolized the vehicle by which Dogon ancestors descended from heaven to earth.

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