Fragment of a Kneeling Figure

Fragment of a Kneeling Figure

11th-14th century · Mali

Terracotta

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Maurice D. Galleher, Ada Turnbull Hertle, and Laura R. Magnuson funds

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