Dogon Female Equestrian Figure

Gray rider with a swept-back head, mounted on a horse of simple loops.

This female equestrian figure in iron from the Dogon is Dogon, from Mali, West Africa, and dates to the early 20th century. Horse and rider figures appear in the art of several West African peoples, where the horse has often been linked with status and leadership. Flat-bodied horse with a looped hindquarter, a rounded blank head and four stout legs. The seated rider arches back with a long curved head and one arm extended. Smooth dark gray surface with pale rubbed highlights, on a black base. It is 3 inches wide, 2 deep and 3.5 high.

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