An ancient stylized sculpture representing a figure with raised arms, shaped like a scepter, and part of a corpus of objects whose earliest examples date back to the Tellem and whose same concept still appears in the so-called Djennenke period and continues to be sculpted by the Dogon. See : Dogon, Leloup, Quai Branly 2011, for another example (Tellem) n°29 p.354 Dogon, Mali 19th century (or earlier) Wood, minor accident on back, beautiful old sacrificial patina. H. 50 cm Provenance : Stéphane Mangin / Galerie Kanaga, Paris Collection J. Maillot, Paris, acquired 2005