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Dogon. Nommo Figure with Raised Arms, 11th-15th century (possibly). Wood, organic sacrificial materials, 10 1/2 x 2 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. (26.7 x 7.3 x 4.4 cm). The Adolph and Esther D. Gottlieb Collection, 1989.51.39. Creative Commons-BY.
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.