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![The virtual edition of San Francisco Tribal and Textile Art Show (@objectsofartshows) is extended for 3 days until March 3rd!
This graceful Nduleri sculpture is a stunning example of classical Dogon art you can discover in our curation!
The most elegant and refined Dogon style originated in the center and to the north of the Bandiagara Plateau in the region of the Ndule River. Hélène Leloup notes in "Dogon Statuary" that this style, which seems to have reached its peak in the 18th century, is "a condensation of the classical art of the north - realism and force - with a suppleness, an elegance, not found elsewhere, completely opposed to the [Dogon] sculpture on the southern cliff, which is very constructed, cubist, abstract.”
The N'duleri style is closely linked with the art of the ancient Djenne empire and presumably is a direct result of the Songhay invasion in the 15th century and the ensuing Djennenke diaspora.
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N’duleri kneeling figure
Dogon people
Mali
19th century or earlier
Ex collection Maurice Nicaud, Paris, 1950s
Ex collection Aaron and Joyce Furman, New York, acquired in 1961
Ex private collection, USA
Published: AfriCubism, 2018
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