Perfect form, with pin point eyes. According
to Leonard Kahan, the head is crested in the style of the Dogon, Lobi
and Mossi and is an early aesthetic synthesis of these styles.
The Tellem, (meaning: "those who were before us" in the Dogon
language), were the people who inhabited the Bandiagara Escarpment
in Mali between the 11th and 16th centuries CE. The Dogon people
migrated to the region around the 14th century.
Ex Leonard Kahan Gallery, New York 1990 & Ex. Christopher and Genevieve McConnell collection.
Eroded due to age.
Height: 5" x Width: 2 ⅞" x Depth: 5 ½" - on its 3 ¾" x 3 ½" base, it stands 8" in height.
