Dogon Female statue

This female figure with her abdomen slightly bulging, supported by the hands, probably to indicate a pregnant woman, which is possibly since these statues were used in fertility rites. The figure displays all the distinctive features of the Wakara style, somewhat exaggerated, as small cross-shaped scarifications all over the body, but the most typical features are the hairstyle with a protruding zigzag crest in vertical herring bone motif, with several thin braids on each side and breasts set very high (H. Leloup 1994: 162, pl. 98-100).