Komakan figure
Mali
Komakan double figure (Pre-Dogon)
Komakan village, south of the Bandiagara cliff
Carved wood
Circa 1320-1426 (C14 Test)
Height: 26 ¾ in. (68 cm)
Ex collection Pierre Harter, Paris
Ex collection Michel Gaud, Saint-Tropez
Ex Sotheby’s, London, Important African Art : The Michel Gaud Collection, November 29th, 1993, lot 1
Ex collection André Fourquet, Paris
Ex collection particulière parisienne
Exhibited : Cannes, Musée de la Castre, La rencontre du ciel et de la terre, June – September 1990
Published:
La rencontre du ciel et de la terre. Arts premiers d’Afrique Noire, Cannes, 1990, Musée de la Castre, p. 11, n° 8
Art tribal d’Afrique Noire, Bacquart, J.B., London, 1998, p. 60, fig. 4