Vili Male Figure

Male Figure

Attribution: Museum-publishedProvenance: Museum accession

Attribution follows a published museum catalogue or peer-reviewed scholarship. Object is held in a public collection under a published accession number.

Male Figure, Igbo — front view
Front · Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 — Cleveland Museum of Art

Catalogued by Cleveland Museum of Art as “Male Figure”, dated early 1800s. Harvested from the museum’s open-access record; every field below is copied from that record and none of it has been inferred.

Record

People / cultureVili
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Common nameMale Figure
MaterialsWood, iron, and metalized glass
DimensionsOverall: 55.9 cm (22 in.)

Provenance

John Allan Rolls (1837–1912) (by at least 1857)
(Mathias Komor, New York)
Katherine Merkel (by at least May 26, 1961–1974)
Cleveland Museum of Art by gift from the above (1974–)

CollectionCleveland Museum of Art
Accession number1974.186

Source

Cleveland Museum of Art, Male Figure, accession 1974.186. https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.186

https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.186

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