Statuette depicting a Nommo - Dogon culture, Mali - 19th century or earlier

STATUETTE depicting a NOMMO
Dogon culture, Mali
19th century or earlier
Copper alloy
Height: 18.2 cm; Length: 10.5 cm

Statuette depicting a Nommo, an ancestral water spirit, kneeling with his hands, their fingers incised, resting on his thighs. He wears a belt and a necklace with a similar hem, an angular beard, and a small protuberance on the top of his head.

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