Dogon Standing Figure with Vessel Offering, Based

She bends at the knees and holds out a pot nearly as big as her torso.

This standing figure with vessel offering is Dogon, from Mali, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is iron, and it comes on a base. Figures carrying bowls or jars are common in Dogon sculpture and are often understood as images of offering, though readings vary. Her body tips forward in a deep crouch, both arms extended beneath a lidded vessel ringed with notched bands. A crested coiffure and a beaked face sit above a slender neck. It is 2.5 inches wide, 3.25 deep and 4.25 high.

Offered with both hands, which is the polite way.