12654 Dogon bronze horse figurine Mali lost form

Dogon bronze horse figurine.

Material: bronze, oxidized patina.

Origin: Mali.

Dimension: 13cm X 33cm ( 5.11 X 12.99 inches ) , weight 1782 grs.

XX century.

A knight on his mount is a redundant subject in Dogon art.The horse is often depicted with legs rigid, straight and firm, while the knight, whatever his position, transcends a halo or dignity.Horses in Mali have always been associated with acts of war and related to warriors and military leaders.These figures are associated with the Hogon, the Dogon spiritual and religious leader belonging to the clan of Harou, one of the four original Dogon lineages.

The horse is also associated with the ark which descended from heaven in Dogon cosmogony hanging from a copper wire carrying the first ancestor who became a horse dragging it until it found the first rains that made it like a floating the canoe.

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Dogon bronze horse figure.
Material: bronze, oxidized patina.
Origin: Mali.
Dimension: 13cm X 33cm ( 5.11 X 12.99 inches ) , weight 2100 grs. .

XX century.

A knight in his mount is a redundant theme in Dogon art. The horse is often represented with rigid, straight and solid legs while the knight whatever his position is transcends a halo of nobility or dignity . Horses in Mali have always been linked to warlike deeds and are related to warriors and military leaders. These figures are linked to the Hogon, spiritual and religious leader of the Dogon, belonging to the clan of Harou, one of the four original lineages of the Dogon.

The horse is also associated to the ark that, in Dogon cosmogony, descended from the sky suspended from a copper wire carrying the first ancestor who became a horse to drag it until it found the first rains that made it float like a canoe.

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