A beautiful and rare statuette with a singular iconography presenting a seated human figure, elbows on knees and hands on head, entirely covered with reptilian figures illustrating the importance of this animal in Djenné mythology. Djenné civilization, Mali Dated: 1150 - 1400 A.D. (QED 113 / BA-0214) Smooth terracotta, ancient deposits of gray clay, slight visible ancient damage, superb orange-ochre slip. H. Height: 19 cm Provenance : - Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels - Marc Blanpain Collection, Brussels Publications and Exhibitions : - Grunne (de), Djenné-Jeno. 1000 ans de sculpture en terre cuite au Mali / Djenné-Jeno. 1000 years of terracotta statuary in Mali, 2014, n° 121