Culture or people Jenne culture
Creation date 1400-1700
Materials ceramic
Dimensions 8 5/8 x 5 x 6 1/2 in.
Credit line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Eiteljorg
Accession number 1989.169

Gallery Label

This figure may have been made to contain ancestral or other spiritual forces.  The figure wears bracelets signifying status, and feature zigzags, which may refer to snakes. The hunched figure suggests a posture of respect or mourning.  

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, Ancient Art, carving, ceramic, Djenne, Jenne, North Africa, resting, sad, thinking, tired, Western Sudan, woman
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