Unidentified

Musician with a Drum

n.d.

Category
Culture
Dogon
Place Made
Mali: Bandiagara Escarpment Region
Materials
Wood, iron
Measurements
24 3/8 x 6 1/4 x 6 5/8 in (61.9125 x 15.875 x 16.8275 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Victor K. Kiam
Accession #
77.156
Description

Standing on wood base; knees slightly bent; wearing garment around waist with zigzag hem; arms bent at elbow with hands resting on flat-topped rounded vessel with attached strap around figure's neck; vessel joined to figure's abdomen; elongated neck; short beard; puckered lips; enlarged ears; incised coiffure in herringbone pattern; old native repairs with iron staples of breaks in both arms and both side of straps; iron spike inserted through left hand and forearm; mounted on small round black iron base.