Dogon Seated Male Figure

A hunched, rough-cast form that seems to be thinking its way through a wall.

This seated male figure from the Dogon peoples is Dogon, from Mali, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is bronze. Mali has a long history of bronze and iron casting, and small figures of seated people are found in several of its cultures. Compact, blocky cast figure with a bent torso and thick limbs forming an open arch beneath. The surface is gritty and weathered in olive brown, with pale blue-green flecks and a ropy ridge across the top. It is 1 inches wide, 1.75 deep and 1.5 high.

Abstract, awkward, and honestly rather lovable.