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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Male Ancestral Figure
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Male Ancestral Figure

Maker Beembe Artist
Date20th century
Made/manufacturedDemocratic Republic of Congo, Africa
MediumWood, shell
Dimensions7 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. (20 x 7 x 5.4 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by museum visitors
Object number1998.19
Collections
DescriptionStanding male figure holding a knife in his left hand and a calabash in his right, large carved feet, torso is covered with geometric scarifications, eyes inset with shell, has a beard, short cropped coiffure.
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