Bamana Hobby Horse, Mali

Bamana Hobby Horse, Mali
korèdugaso
length 11 3/4in (30cm)

Provenance
Private Collection, New York

Cf. Colleyn, Jean-Paul, ed., Bamana - The Art of Existence in Mali, Museum for African Art, New York, 2001, cat. 115-117

Finely carved in hard wood with ears projecting and curving backwards on the same line of the jaw line, the artist has left the mouth slightly open below pierced nostrils; the eyes accentuated with inset metal and divided by a metalwork application to top along the nose to enhance the overall quality; hollowed at the neck and pierced through for attachment; fine, aged dark-brown patina with encrustations.