Figure (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
This carved figure illustrates the simplified, geometric style and elongated torso that characterizes the Dogon’s distinctive way of representing the human form. Because the legs are broken off, it is difficult to say whether it represents a standing figure or a seated one. Statues of this type and scale were used on family altars and were also kept in the house of the hogon, the village elder.
Gift of Robert and Nancy Nooter
Spirit of the Motherland, Roanoke: Museum of Western Virginia, September 1995- January 1996; Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, January- May 1996.
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC
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