Nommo Figure with Raised Arms
11th-15th century (possibly)
Dogon
Arts of Africa
The Tellem are thought to have occupied the region of the Bandiagara escarpment until the sixteenth century. The human form with raised arms is a common pose for Tellem sculptures and is said to refer to prayers for rain, crucial in this dry region.
- Maker/Artist
- Dogon
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Wood, organic sacrificial materials
- Medium
- wood, organic, sacrificial, materials
- Locations
- Place made: Mopti Region, Mali
- Dimensions
- 10 1/2 x 2 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. (26.7 x 7.3 x 4.4 cm)
- Departments
- Arts of Africa
- Accession Number
- 1989.51.39
- Credit Line
- The Adolph and Esther D. Gottlieb Collection
- Exhibitions
- African Innovations, Double Take: African Innovations
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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