African sculpture Brass vintage Brass wax technique Dogon The are a people brass in West Fetish Figure-4126

15/6.5 CM
figures this elongated bronze alloy canoe depicts figures relating to the story of the dogon genesis in african tribal art. it illustrates the story of the figures dogon ark led by nommo figures and sent by the creator god amma to populate and reorganize the earth. the crocodile-shaped creature that forms the bowand stern represents ayo geu , a crocodile that killed nommo. the seven figures seated in the boat are the original dogon ancestors, who are frequently found on other sculpted works of african dogon art, such as attic doors. the sides are decorated with motifs depicting snakes, another element of the bestiary linked to mythology. the dogon are a people renowned for their cosmogony, their esotericism, their myths and legends. their population is estimated at around 300,000 souls living in the south-west of the nigerloop in the moptiregion of mali