Seated Figure, 13th century, Mali, Inland Niger Delta region, Djenné peoples, Terracotta, H. 10 x W. 11 3/4in. ( x

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Seated Figure, 13th century, Mali, Inland Niger Delta region, Djenné peoples, Terracotta, H. 10 x W. 11 3/4in. ( x ), Ceramics-Sculpture, This haunting figure huddles with its leg hugged to its chest and its head dropped on its knee. It simultaneously suggests the knotted tension of anxiety and the sublime absorption of deep prayer. Created over 700 years ago, in the Inland Niger Delta region of present-day Mali, this elegant work's intense emotional immediacy blurs the boundaries of time and place

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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