Figure of a Kneeling Woman
Both Dogon oral traditions and archaeological evidence attest to the settlement of Mali's elevated Bandiagara Escarpment by Dogon migrants during the early sixteenth century. This unusual work may date to that period given that the arid climatic conditions were conducive to preservation of wood sculpture. Stylistically, its oblong face, protruding eyes and mouth, straight nose and raised cicatrices at the temples, relate this sculpture to a group of works identified by specialists as "Soninke" or "Djennenke." These terms describe works produced by a network of related cultures that developed in the Inland Niger Delta region between the 12th and 17th century.
Artwork Details
- Title: Figure of a Kneeling Woman
- Date: ca. 1500
- Geography: Mali
- Culture: Dogon (Soninke) peoples
- Medium: Wood
- Dimensions: H. 13 7/8 × W. 2 3/4 × D. 3 3/4 in. (35.2 × 7 × 9.5 cm)
- Classification: Wood-Sculpture
- Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 2015
- Object Number: 2015.485.1
- Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
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