Djenne terracotta figure, Mali

3D Model

Djenne snake hut.

Inner Niger Delta (IND), Mali. 11th–17th century.

Terracotta with ochre/red slip. H: 23 cm.

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana. Acquired with the Robert P. Gordy Fund, inv. 90.196.

To learn more about Djenne terracotta figures, see:

Scrofulous Sogolon: Scanning the Sunjata Epic by Anne-Marie Bouttiaux & Marc Ghysels, Tribal Art magazine, Spring 2015, XIX-2, n°75, pp. 88-123 — a free PDF is available here:

www.scantix.com/sogolon

This 3D model was built using a set of VRT images (Volume Rendering Technique) after post-processing 900 CT-scan axial slices (Somatom + InSpace).

MG • January 27, 2016