superb statue - njenne - Mali (No reserve price)

Djenné-Jeno. In Mali's adobe
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Djenné, the capital of the Cercle of the same name, located 130 km southwest of the regional capital Mopti and about 570 km northeast of the national capital Bamako, is one of the oldest towns in sub-Saharan Africa. Inhabited since 250 BCE, the site of Djenné developed into a market and an important city for trans-Saharan gold trade. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the city was a center of Islam’s diffusion. Characterized by an intensive and remarkable use of earth, especially in its architecture, the city is famous for its mosque, its civil structures, its monumental houses with meticulously composed façades, and its urban fabric. Its traditional dwellings, adapted to seasonal flooding, are built on small hills, the annual flood of the Niger and its tributaries being an essential natural phenomenon, both in the Djenné region and throughout the interior of the delta.