Dogon Stargazer W / Arms Down Curved Posture with Circular Base, Male

Almost straight, but the head gives him away. It turns and tilts upward.

This stargazer with arms down and a curved posture, male, on a circular base, is contemporary Dogon work from Mali or Burkina Faso. It is forged iron and copper. Slender iron figures, some mounted on staffs, are known from older Dogon metalwork, and this maker takes that thinness about as far as it will go. His arms lie close along the torso, ending in points beside a slim swell at the hips. A single rod runs down from there to a flat disc. The gray-green surface is rough. It stands 40.5 inches high.

One careful tilt of the head, and the sky is his.