Dogon Pendant Depicting Seated Female Figure, Based

Seated figure with a stern face and a ringed collar hugs its knees.

This cast metal pendant depicting a seated female figure is Dogon, from Mali, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. Small cast metal pendants in Mali are made by the lost-wax method, in which each model is destroyed in the casting and so each result differs. Tiny cast figure with an elongated face, a stack of neck rings and bands across the chest. It sits with arms wrapped around raised knees on a stool-like seat. The dark metal has a smooth, rubbed surface. It is mounted on a black base. It is 2 inches wide, 2 deep and 3.25 high.

Compact, collared and very seriously seated.