Small standing figure ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3032308

Description

light brown wood, shiny dark brown patina, of schematized form with simplified facial features, min. dam., minor missing parts, cracks, on wooden base;
the Dogon place their figures on altars devoted to real or mythological ancestors.

Comparing literature

Imperato, Pascal James, Dogon cliff dwellers, New York o. J., p. 57