Dogon Seated Female Ancestor Figure with Internal Sacred Stone

Green as old coins and twice as mysterious.

This seated female ancestor figure was cast in bronze by Dogon artists of Mali, West Africa, in the 20th century. Such figures are commonly associated with ancestors and the continuity of the family. The figure has a slender head, a long neck, and a broad, rounded body ridged with vertical ribs. The surface is a crust of verdigris, sage green with warm rust-orange patches showing through.

About four inches tall. A tiny elder with an outsized aura.