Sapi
Male Figure
1189
Physical Qualities
Wood, 7 5/8 x 1 15/16 x 2 9/16 in. (19.4 x 4.9 x 6.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Elliott and Marcia Harris, Pikesville, Maryland
Object Number
1991.85
Purchased from Jeremiah Cole, Freetown, 1985; ex Father Victor Mosele, Makeni, Sierra Leone; excavated by a previous owner in mining operation near village of town of Yafe Sewafe, vicinity of Sefadu, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone
"Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963-2017," Apr 22, 2018-July 29, 2018, BMA, Kevin Tervala (Head Curator Katy Siegel).
Lamp, Frederick John. "Ancestors in Search of Descendants: Stone Effigies of the Ancient Sapi." Bayside, New York: QCC Art Gallery Press, 2018. p. 25, ill.
Lamp, Frederick John. "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.195,ill.
Lamp, Frederick John. "Ancient Wood Figures from Sierra Leone: Implications for Historical Reconstruction." African Arts 23.2 (Apr. 1990): 48-59, 103, p. 49 ill.
On View: Wurtzburger
