This female figure sitting holding a child is a Dogon hermaphrodite from the Dogon Tribe. With its long neck and great dignity, it evokes a hierarchical status. The style is known as Bombou-Toro. Maternity figures represent ideals of beauty, fertility, commonly used as sanctuary figures. They were often the subject of petitions or prayers for fertility and successful births.
It is made of carved wood.
Length : 11.5 cm
Height : 66.5 cm
Width : 19 cm
Weight : 3,241 kg
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