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Songye

Male figure

Songye, 1900-1966

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Songye

Male figure

Songye, 1900-1966

Physical Qualities Wood, black pigment, cloth, encrustation, vegetal material, 9 13/16 × 3 3/8 × 3 3/4 in. (25 × 8.5 × 9.5 cm.) Base: 1 1/4 × 7/8 × 1/2 in. (3.2 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Gilbert and Jean Jackson, Potomac, Maryland
Object Number 1992.171
Male torso with hands to abdomen. Small opening in top of head has encrustation and unknown material protruding slightly. Cloth around bottom of figure.
Galerie Koller Zürich. "Afrikanische Kunst," June 25, 2005. (Cat. 100)

Culture

Songye

2000–2000

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