Lot 66
66
A FINE DOGON KNEELING FEMALE FIGURE

Details
A FINE DOGON KNEELING FEMALE FIGURE
With the arms carved free of the body and the hands placed on the thighs, the head with grooved coiffure and ridged panel down the back, pointed projection beneath the chin, a metal earring in the right ear, crusty patina
8in. (20.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

Helene Leloup (1994, no.91) describes this kneeling posture as a "pose of deference for a courteous meeting". A comparable figure with similar ear ornaments was in the 1994 Paris Dogon exhibition (Musée Dapper, 1994, p.70).