A sculpture of a male ancestor with highly stylized facial features and form, with some areas of encrusted organic material.
Dogon peoples, Mali, West Africa.
The sculpture measures 18.25 inches tall on custom wooden base.
Provenance: Ex: Allison Davis Collection. Allison Davis was an American educator, anthropologist, writer, researcher, and scholar who was considered one of the most promising black scholars of his generation. Davis is depicted on a US Postage Stamp issued on February 1, 1994
Condition, fragile, decayed, Fair, well handled and worn