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Male figure
Male figure

Male figure

Object number81.17.615
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, African Art in Motion: Icon and Act, Jan. 20 - Mar. 17, 1974 (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, May 5 - Sept. 22, 1974). Text by Robert Farris Thompson. No cat. no., pp. 24-25, reproduced pl. 30 (as standing male in western dress).
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions15 15/16 x 7 1/16 x 7 3/4 in. (40.5 x 17.9 x 19.7 cm)
MediumWood and pigment
Photo: Paul Macapia
Southwestern Yoruba
early 20th century
Object number: 81.17.585
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Yoruba
Object number: 2013.20.5
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Yoruba
Object number: 2013.20.6
Verandah post (Opo)
Yoruba
Object number: 81.17.626
Male figure
Baule
Object number: 81.17.236
Male figure
Cameroon
Object number: 81.17.717
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Tanzanian
early 20th century
Object number: 2012.29.21
Photo: Paul Macapia
Yoruba
1920-40
Object number: 81.17.587
Photo: Paul Macapia
Yoruba
Object number: 81.17.584
Divination bowl (Agere Ifa)
Yoruba
19th century
Object number: 81.17.617
Photo: Paul Macapia
Southwestern Yoruba
early 20th century
Object number: 81.17.589