Male Ancestor Figure

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CultureHemba peoples

Titles

Male Ancestor Figure

Date1800–1899

PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo

MediumWood

DimensionsOverall (not including base): 31 × 7 1/2 × 9 in. (78.7 × 19.1 × 22.9 cm)
Base: 2 × 8 × 7 1/4 in. (5.1 × 20.3 × 18.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., and the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2011.516

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Department

African Art

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceCollected in situ, probably in a Bena-Honga village, by [Pierre Dartevelle and Martial Bronsin, early 1970s]; Jacques Kerchache (1942–2001), Paris; Jean-Claude Bellier, Paris, by 1974; purchased jointly by [Phillipe Guimiot, Brussels, and Bernard Dulon, Paris]; Guy Porreé, Paris; [Samir Borro, Brussels]; Claus D. Schmidt-Luprian, Munich; private sale through [Sotheby's, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.

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