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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4378053, member: 8267"]It looks somewhat similar to the repeating figures on Dogon granary doors, "arks", and various types of ancestor figures. But I cannot find an example with this particular configuration, with one central figure (or is it figures - it looks like there might be 2 faces at the top?), with smaller encircling figures. The ones that I have found that are most similar all have receptacles on the top, and are described as a form of "altar" used in ancestor worship known as Binu.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.randafricanart.com/Dogon_granary_door.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.randafricanart.com/Dogon_granary_door.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.randafricanart.com/Dogon_granary_door.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.hamillgallery.com/DOGON/DogonArks/DogonArks.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hamillgallery.com/DOGON/DogonArks/DogonArks.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.hamillgallery.com/DOGON/DogonArks/DogonArks.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.menil.org/collection/objects/619-altar-binu-gine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.menil.org/collection/objects/619-altar-binu-gine" rel="nofollow">https://www.menil.org/collection/objects/619-altar-binu-gine</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/ancestor-wood-fetish-from-dogon-tribe-news-photo/640270917?adppopup=true" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/ancestor-wood-fetish-from-dogon-tribe-news-photo/640270917?adppopup=true" rel="nofollow">https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/ancestor-wood-fetish-from-dogon-tribe-news-photo/640270917?adppopup=true</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4378053, member: 8267"]It looks somewhat similar to the repeating figures on Dogon granary doors, "arks", and various types of ancestor figures. But I cannot find an example with this particular configuration, with one central figure (or is it figures - it looks like there might be 2 faces at the top?), with smaller encircling figures. The ones that I have found that are most similar all have receptacles on the top, and are described as a form of "altar" used in ancestor worship known as Binu. [URL]https://www.randafricanart.com/Dogon_granary_door.html[/URL] [URL]https://www.hamillgallery.com/DOGON/DogonArks/DogonArks.html[/URL] [URL]https://www.menil.org/collection/objects/619-altar-binu-gine[/URL] [URL]https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/ancestor-wood-fetish-from-dogon-tribe-news-photo/640270917?adppopup=true[/URL][/QUOTE]
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