DOGON LEANER 5, MALI

Photographs © Tim Hamill

DOGON, LEANER 5, 38.5", $600, Mali

These unique figures depart from the usual Dogon rigid totemic forms. The story we've been told is that they were magically seen in the twisted trunks of trees by a Dogon spiritual leader and described to the village carver, who then "liberated" the figure.

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