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Songye

Power figure

Songye, 1900-1932

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Songye

Power figure

Songye, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, hide, fiber, 10 1/16 × 2 13/16 in. (25.5 × 7.2 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Barry and Toby T. Hecht, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number 1987.143
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1987; Dr. and Mrs. Barry Hecht
Galerie Koller Zürich. "Afrikanische Kunst," June 25, 2005. (Cat. 98)

Culture

Songye

2000–2000

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