Bamana Stool

A very old Bamana stool from Mali, rectangular in shape with three “legs,” two front ones resembling breasts and the back leg forming a tail. Projecting in front is a simian face with massive snout, large C-shaped ears and small, rounded eyes.

Gilbert and Roda Graham Collection, New York
John Falcon, New York

Exhibited:
Dogon Sculpture: Symbols of a Mythical Universe, Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, New York January 15 - March 24, 1997.
Published:
Dogon Sculpture: Symbols of a Mythical Universe
Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University C.W. Post Campus, 1997 page 58, Number.77.

Eroded surface with cracks, damage and losses consistent with age.