DOGON; Mali. Millet masher. Wood; with carved ornaments. Ca. 141 x ?until ca. 10cm. Mounted on metal stand (ca. 2 x 18 x 18cm; total height ca. 143cm).

Provenance:
- Galerie Simonis; D黶seldorf
- Collection Gerhard F. Reinz; Cologne

The Dogon settle as field workers in the Savanna on the East of the Niger- inland delta
along a massif; the Bandiagara Escarpment. They are skilled in transforming objects of
every day life as these millet mashers into small art objects; whereby the simple;
geometric ornamentation contributes to the completion and the enrichment of the whole. The
beauty of the masher; which is used by the Dogon-women every day with ability and
perseverance; underlines the status of the owner.
Art trade; Van Ham.