Mambila
Guardian Figure (Tadep)
Mambila, 1900
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Mambila
Guardian Figure (Tadep)
Mambila, 1900
Physical Qualities
Wood, red, white, and black pigments, 9 3/4 × 3 15/16 × 3 15/16 in. (24.8 × 10 × 10 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Barry and Toby T. Hecht, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number
1993.218
with hands to chest on each side; male is bearded
William and Robert Arnett Collection, Atlanta, Georgia
"Three Rivers of Nigeria," High Museum, Atlanta, 1978
Wittmer, Marcilene A., and William Arnett. "Three Rivers of Nigeria: Art of the Lower Niger," Cross and Benue from the Collection of William and Robert Arnett. Atlanta: The High Museum of Art, 1978, pp. 85, ill. 206.
