Ring
Dogon
Description
Subject Matter:
This brass ring may have been created by the Dogon peoples of Mali. While it is called a ring, this object also could have been worn as a pendant. The two conical forms on the ring are thought to represent antelope (walu) horns, as seen on Dogon masks, or the granaries constructed in many Dogon villages.
References Cited:
Cutsem, Anne van. 2000. A World of Rings: Africa, Asia, America. Milano: Skira.
Lamp, Frederick J., A.M. Maples and L.M. Smalligan. 2012. Accumulating Histories: African Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Physical Description:
Ring with two conical projections, decorated with concentric horizontal grooves and a large loop.
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