Dogon Conjoined Couple, Maliheight 13in (33cm)ProvenanceHenri Kamer and Alan Brandt, New YorkHy Klebanow, New YorkThence by descentPrivate Collection, New York, acquired in the early 2000sSeemingly merged together at the torso and head, the legs appearing to overlap at the front, the outer arms connected to the sides, bent at the elbows at a right angle with the hands meeting at the front, the internal arms wrapped around each other's back with their hands resting on each outer shoulder; the torsos with cylindrical protruding umbilici above which a raised ridge runs vertically to each set of conical breasts; long cylindrical necks supporting their domed heads, squared at the chin and then capped by a circular disc on top; thick and dense dark brown/black ritual patination.