Dogon Pendant of Crouching Male Figure, Based

Blocky figure with a grooved face and a feathered chest, strongly built.

This cast metal pendant depicting a crouching male figure is Dogon, from Mali, West Africa. The crouching figure with a bent posture is a theme in Dogon art, and it is often linked with ideas of thought, grief or waiting. Short, heavy cast figure with a hat-like cap, narrow eyes and a long nose. A chevron pattern runs down its torso, and the arms are folded into the lower body. The surface is dark grey with a faint sheen. It rests on a black base. It is 2 inches wide, 2 deep and 2.5 high.

Heavy-set, stoic and rather well-patterned.