Dogon Figure standing on a Quadruped, Mali

length 5in (12.7cm)

Provenance
Dr. Alexander S. Honig Collection, Bronxville, New York
Sotheby's, New York, 18 May 1993, Lot 23
Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas
Jim Harris Collection, St. Louis
Thomas Alexander III, St. Louis and New York
Leon Meizlik Collection, Westchester, New York

Published
Chemeche, George, The Horse and Rider in African Art, Antique Collector's Club, Ltd., Suffolk, 2011, p. 63

The figure, standing on top with legs bent at the knees, appears to be vaulting on an animal with ambiguous identity depicted with a large spherical head, four short legs and a long tail; dark patina with sacrificial encrustations throughout.

Cf. Ezra, Kate, Art of the Dogon - Selections from the Lester Wunderman Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, fig. 5, for a related figure.