Malian Seated Female Holding Belly

Compact green figure with looped arms and legs, curled into a neat pretzel.

This bronze seated female holding her belly, Djenne is Djenne, from Mali, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. The Niger River's inland delta around Djenne has long been a center of trade, Islamic learning and craft production in West Africa. Compact figure with its arms and legs tracing loops around a slim body, with a round head and sculpted features. The surface is a rough blend of blue-green crust and darker metal showing through at the edges. It is 1 inches wide, 1.5 deep and 2.25 high.

A tidy knot of limbs with a calm face.