– After Mali became independent, Western dealers scoured the country in search of objets d’art. Some of these works, acquired under opaque conditions, are now worth several million euros. – We have ...

African statue isolated on a black background. You can see the gift here - a wooden sculpture of a male figure originating from the Dogon people of Mali estimated to be about 250 years old. It is less ...

The Dogon people of Mali are famous for their unique door carvings, which are rich in symbolism and cultural significance ...

PARIS (Reuters) - With its full beard and elongated breasts, worn smooth by the hands of thousands of women praying for fertility, an androgynous wooden statue is the centrepiece of a new Paris show ...

Summary: Stylistic analysis of African art assumes change over time: traits or characteristics of objects, which constitute style, persist or disappear or may recur later ("disjunction"). De Grunne ...