Dogon Pendant Depicting Standing Male Figure

Narrow figure carries a hooped handle at its side, with a rectangular flat foot.

This cast metal pendant depicting a standing male figure is Dogon, from Mali, West Africa. Standing figures with straight arms and a frontal pose are a recurring theme in Dogon sculpture and are generally seen as a formal image of presence. Tall, slim cast figure with wide staring eyes, a raised shoulder block and a ring handle extending from one side. A banded skirt hangs from the waist above long legs and a flat, grooved base. The metal is dark and dusty. It is 1 inches wide, 1 deep and 3.5 high.

Part figure, part latch, wholly mysterious.