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Ancestor figure
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Ancestor figure

DateTellum period, before 1359 AD
Maker Dogon, Malian
Object number2018.18.6
ProvenanceCollection of James B. Byrnes (1917-2011), Director, North Carolina Museum of Art; [James Willis Gallery, San Francisco, California]; purchased by Georgia Sales, San Francisco, California, 2014
Credit LineGift of Georgia Schwartz Sales
Dimensions12 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (30.5 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm)
MediumWood with layers of encrusted patina
Image Not Available for Female figure
Female figure
Dogon, Malian
1472-1529
Object number: 2018.18.3
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Fighting Cock II
Morris Graves
Probably 1939
Object number: 2009.52.13
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Kono Mask
Malian, Bamana culture
20th century
Object number: 2009.55.3
Image Not Available for Granary Door
Granary Door
Dogon, Malian
20th century
Object number: SC2009.1.3
Image Not Available for Kanaga Mask
Kanaga Mask
Dogon, Malian
20th century
Object number: 2009.2.1
Ancestral Figure with Caryatids
Ancestral Figure with Caryatids
Dogon
ca. 1800
Object number: 67.108
Image Not Available for Crazy Quilt
Crazy Quilt
Unknown artist
late 19th century
Object number: 2010.33
Sitting Stick ("Dolaba")
Sitting Stick ("Dolaba")
Dogon
Object number: 81.17.48
Image Not Available for Mother and child
Mother and child
Dogon
ca. 1800
Object number: 67.92
Figure with geometric body
Figure with geometric body
Malian
Object number: 67.53
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Panther or (Stalking Panther) [also Fate; Panther—Fate; Charging Panther; Prowling panther; Panther Charging; Stalking Cat; Large Stalking Panther]
Alexander Phimister Proctor
modeled 1891-1893; copyright 1897
Object number: 2015.15
Talos III
Talos III
James Lee Hansen
1984
Object number: 86.131