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Ancestor figure
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Ancestor figure

DateTellum period, before 1359 AD
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
Dogon, Malian
1472-1529
Object number: 2018.18.3
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
Probably 1939
Object number: 2009.52.13
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Malian, Bamana culture
20th century
Object number: 2009.55.3
Dogon, Malian
20th century
Object number: SC2009.1.3
Dogon, Malian
20th century
Object number: 2009.2.1
Ancestral Figure with Caryatids
Dogon
ca. 1800
Object number: 67.108
Unknown artist
late 19th century
Object number: 2010.33
Sitting Stick ("Dolaba")
Dogon
Object number: 81.17.48
Figure with geometric body
Malian
Object number: 67.53
Talos III
James Lee Hansen
1984
Object number: 86.131