File:Brooklyn Museum 1989.51.45 Female Figure (5).jpg

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English: Female Figure   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Female Figure
Description
English: Male figure. Head with pronounced sagittal crest, four incised hair locks, either side of ears, extending to shoulders. Facial features slightly defined; round eyes, arrow shaped nose, pointed chin or beard. Bulbous, pointed breasts, possibly exaggerated shoulders. Arms extend straight down from shoulders, hands placed at each side of men's genitals; pointed prtruding navel. Rounded protruding buttocks with thick cylindrical legs ending in blocky feet. CONDITION: Crack on right side of head, left wrist, buttocks.
English: Figures like this one were placed on ancestral altars as links to a deceased person's soul. It is likely that this figure represents a Nommo, one of the first created beings, who, according to Dogon mythology, had a combination of male and female traits.
Date
English: probably early 17th century
Dimensions 15 3/4 x 2 7/8 x 3 in. (40.0 x 7.3 x 7.8 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q632682
Current location
Arts of Africa collection South Gallery, 1st Floor
Accession number
1989.51.45
Credit line The Adolph and Esther D. Gottlieb Collection
Notes
  • Culture: Central southern Bandiagara escarpment, Mopti Region, Mali
  • Place made: Central southern Bandiagara escarpment, Mopti Region, Mali
Source/Photographer Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1989.51.45_threequarter_PS1.jpg
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