Djenne terracotta figure, Mali

3D Model

Figure of a woman giving birth to a snake. Inner Niger Delta (IND) region, Mali. 12th–14th century.

Terracotta with ochre/red slip. H: 36 cm.

Provenance: Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva, inv. 1004-95.

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 1.050 CT-scan axial slices (Somatom + InSpace).

MG • January 25, 2016