Dogon Standing Female Figure Holding Pot
Product ID: A0402-352
$895.00
About this piece
She carries the pot, and she has carried it for a long time.
Dogon metalworkers of Mali, West Africa, cast this standing female figure holding a pot in bronze in the 19th or 20th century. Figures with vessels are often read as images of women’s roles, such as water, offerings and care for the household. She is tall and narrow, with a rounded belly, a long face, and both arms drawn in around a small pot at her waist. Fine incised lines mark the legs. The bronze is dark gray-green and dry.
About five inches tall. Austere, upright and completely unbothered.
