Dogon Standing Female Figure

Stout figure with hands on its hips and a very pale, crusty face.

This standing female figure in iron is Dogon, from Mali, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. Iron develops a dark, rough surface over time, and Dogon iron figures sometimes show a crusted patina from handling and age. Taken in, a standing figure with crossed bands on the chest, arms bent outward to the hips and a rounded belly. The face is whitened with chalky deposits, and the lower body wears a ridged skirt over thick legs. The surface is dark and gritty. It is 2.5 inches wide, 1 deep and 5.5 high.

Hands on hips, chalk on face, nothing left to prove.