Ritual iron stick ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3032289

Description

corroded iron, sitting “nommo” on raised staff, the staff ends in two hooked scrolls to which small bells are attached, on base;
as the first human being created by “amma”, “nommo” represents the central figure in Dogon cosmology, ritual and art.

Comparing literature

Laude, Jean, African Art of the Dogon, New York 1973, ill. 9