H x W x D: 18.7 x 7 x 5.7 cm (7 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Type:
Figure
Geography:
Congo
Date:
Early-mid 20th century
Description:
Standing male figure with side hair projection, raised scarification on torso, hole in buttocks and inlaid eyes. Dagger in PR hand, blade replaced? PL arm, broken/replaced at elbow. Object missing from hand hole.
Provenance:
Emil J. Arnold, New York, -- to 1968
Exhibition History:
Life...Afterlife: African Funerary Sculpture, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., November 19, 1981-March 1, 1982
African Sculpture, Princeton University Art Museum, February 2-March 14, 1971, no. 126
Published References:
Museum of African Art. 1971. African Sculpture at Princeton University from the Museum of African Art. Washington, D.C.: Museum of African Art, p. 33, no. 126.
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