Dogon Hair Pin Depicting Seated Maternity Figure, Based
Product ID: A0306-137
$695.00
About this piece
A hair pin with a mother and child riding at the top, plus two small bells hanging below.
Dogon smiths of Mali, West Africa, forged this hair pin depicting a seated maternity figure in iron in the 20th century. Hair pins and ornaments in West Africa are commonly worn to signal status and beauty and can also carry protective meanings. A tiny seated mother holds a child at the top of a long, slender spike. Below her, two dangling pendants swing from a looped ring. The iron has a dark brown, rusty surface and sits on a black stand.
About 3 inches tall. A beauty accessory that became a sculpture.
