Dogon Seated Female Figure

Tall, thin, and sitting with its knees up like it's waiting on a delayed train.

This seated female figure from the Dogon peoples is Dogon, from Mali, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is forged metal. Figures of this size are generally cast in one piece, and the surface is often left with hand-finished marks that reflect how each was made. Slender cast figure with an elongated head and narrow torso, seated with a single leg angled out to the side. The surface is rough, pitted and mottled in grey-brown, with patches of orange rust. It is 1 inches wide, 1 deep and 3.5 high.

Minimalism before anyone had a name for it.