Nommo Figure with Raised Arms - African Wood Sculpture, Mopti Region, Mali, 11th-15th Century (possibly)

The Tellem are thought to have occupied the region of the Bandiagara escarpment until the sixteenth century. The human form with raised arms is a common pose for Tellem sculptures and is said to refer to prayers for rain, crucial in this dry region.

Source: brooklynmuseum.org