Kneeling Female Figure

15th–16th century

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Traces of a fourteenth- and fifteenth-century tradition of figurative representations in cast metal and fired clay have been found at a number of sites in the Bamana region near Bougouni and Diola. Bankoni elongated figures such as this one, featuring active warriors and a kneeling female figure, may be an artistic precursor to more recent Bamana wood sculptures devoted to similar subjects.

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Title: Kneeling Female Figure
Date: 15th–16th century
Geography: Mali
Culture: Bankoni civilization
Medium: Terracotta, quartz
Dimensions: H. 24 13/16 × W. 13 3/4 × L. 16 9/16 in. (63 × 35 × 42 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Sculpture
Credit Line: Private collection
Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing