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Standing Female Figure Holding a Lidded Vessel

Arts of Africa

CULTURE Dogon
MEDIUM Wood, traces of red-orange pigment
  • Place Made: Tintam region, Bandiagara Escarpment, Mali
    • DATES 19th century
    DIMENSIONS 21 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (54 x 12.1 x 10.8 cm)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2011.4.9
    CREDIT LINE Collection of Beatrice Riese
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Standing female figure holding a vessel on her head. Overall condition good. Old crack on proper right side of face; right ear broken off; old cracks in back and in base near proper right foot. Thin separate base to balance figure.
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